On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 02:35:52PM -0500, Debian Mail wrote:
> Hello,
> Debian ghost here... have a question about printing via debian.
> I ran the magicfilterconfig and set up a laser jet printer on the lan.
> I think I have this thing correct, but I get an error when I try to send
> anything to the printer.
>
> from printcap:
> lp|ljet|Lazer Jet:\
> :lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet:rm=156.200.5.80:rp=ljet:lpr_bounce:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
> here is the error I receive when I try to print:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat funny |lpr
> lpr: connect: Connection refused
> jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
As Randal Schwartz would say, unnecessary use of cat, for one thing.
lpr funny
Is lpd running? [ps aux | grep -v grep | grep lpd]
If not, (as root) /etc/init.d/lpd start [or restart]
grep lpd /var/log/messages
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