I found printing problems frustrating too, especially the error messages
from lpd.  The folks here on the list helped but ultimately I read
everything I could find and tried different things.  You could find a Linux
consultant to pay, I think there are paid help desks too.  And network
printing may be more the forte of people in comp.os.linux.admin.network.

My problem with remote printing turned out to be DNS related, I believe.
When I put IP addresses into hosts.lpd, everything worked.  

Since everything worked under 5.2 but not now, I assume it is something to
do with 6.x.  The only issue I'm aware of is problems finding the printer.
But you say that ripley can print fine.  So that's not it.

lpd messages would be in /var/log/messages but you could grep for lpd in
the log directory.  Here's a long shot: Did you click 'restart lpd' in the
printtool?  As long as we're grasping at straws, you might try rebooting
the computers if that's convenient.  Are the print files created in the
spool directory?  If you diff the old and new printcap, are they the same
or what's changed?

-Alan
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