Many thanks to everyone who lent a hand here! :-)

The problem was solved (special thanks to Jean-Louis) thru a combination
of testing/setting system env variable PRINTER='printer-name', then 
recompiling amanda. I installed the printing system _after_ amanda, so that 
was the main complication.

WR


On Thursday 17 April 2003 06:44 am, Wayne Richards wrote:
> What does the output of "lpstat -t" look like?
>
> > I ran the following as both amanda and root:
> >
> > # export PRINTER="lpd"
> > # export LPDEST="lpd"
> >
> > and commented out the printer spec in amanda.conf
> >
> > amcheck still errors with
> > ERROR: lbl_templ set but no printer defined
> >
> > On Thursday 17 April 2003 04:55 am, you wrote:
> > > Have you set a default printer for the system?  If you haven't, try
> > > that and no printer statement is needed.
> > >
> > > Or if you want to set a default printer for the backup user you can set
> > > LPDEST=lpr
> > > or
> > > PRINTER=lpr
> > > provided that's a defined printer name and again you'll need no printer
> > > definition in the conf file.
> > >
> > > Wayne
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm having trouble getting amanda to address a printer. I can print
> > > > using
> > > >
> > > > # amreport dailySet -l log.file.0 -f /dev/usb/lp0
> > > >
> > > > which produces the email-style report, but I'm trying to use the
> > > > tapetype option to create labels after each dump:
> > > >
> > > > lbl_templ "/path/to/3hole.ps"
> > > >
> > > > (within the braces) while also defining the printer with
> > > >
> > > > printer "/dev/usb/lp0"
> > > >
> > > > (outside of the braces) which produces an error on amcheck claiming
> > > > that the printer is undefined.
> > > >
> > > > I've also tried
> > > >
> > > > printer "lpr"
> > > > printer "820" # cups printer name
> > > >
> > > > and neither worked.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any assistance!
> > > > WR