On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Mario Magliocco wrote:

>      I am trying to set up lpd to print to a 1200c with a JetDirect card in 
>      it.  I copied a printcap file from a BSD machine (I don't think it was 
>      NetBSD though).  When I send anything to the spool with lpr or lp I 
>      get an error which says that /dev/lp can not be found.  There is no 
>      reference to this device in my printcap, and I couldn't make a lp with 
>      MAKEDEV.  I know that I am probably doing a dozen things wrong, so if 
>      anybody can give me a clue I would appreciate it greatly.

Do you have lpd running? That's usually what generates /dev/lp.

Take care,

Bill