Not that I knew ``Running Linux'' by heart, but you seem not to have the lpd set up properly. Seems like either /etc/init.d/lpd (or what the name really is) is missing, or the /etc/init.d/rc*.d/ symlinks (or equivalent) are. Did you install lpd as a Debian package? Did it configure correctly?
> I have since figured out that I should really use CUPS with an automatic > installation package, but I'd like to understand this lpd problem before > I give up on the older system! Go get it. It's trivial, surely much more trivial than lp*. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 4
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