V Pascal Nelson wrote:
> I am experiencing horrible (it's Halloween!) problems with my L-M 6.1. I
> have been reading the threads on printing problems. I, too, am having
> problems.
>
> I am trying to print to an Epson Stylus Color 740 on a Win98 computer
> using SMB. It has been working for months with R-H 5.2 and L-M 6.0.
> However, when I upgraded to L-M 6.1 it quit working. I did upgrade my
> lpr to lpr-0.43-1mdk. I read that that might be a problem, so I
> downgraded to lpr-0.38 (the one on the L-M6.1 CD). Didn't fix the
> problem.
>
> Here is what is happening: I have my Epson SC740 set up for 3 different
> resolutions (360/720/1440) running on lp/lp0/lp1 respectively. I usually
> use the 720 resolution on lp0. However, I can no longer print to lp0. If
> I use printtool to remove lp0, then remove the queues (rm -Rf
> /var/spool/lpd/lp0), then reinstall lp0 using printtool, I can print to
> lp0 ONCE, then all subsequent attempts fail. If I look at it with
> printqueue, I see a message that says "Warning: no daemon present".
> However, I can run "lpd status" and see that lpd is indeed running.
>
> I tried the same sequence of events with lp1. Same problem. Only lp
> works. I then changed the filter associated with lp so that it would be
> the 720 one rather than the 360 one. That works fine. It's not a problem
> with the filter. It is with lp0 or lp1.
>
> Does this make any sense to anyone? Any help that can be offered would
> be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pascal
This is the same set-up I run.
Can you post a copy of your /etc/printcap file.
What version of ghostscript do you have?
What version of rhs-printfilters and printool?
Do you have a 'status' and 'lock' in your /var/spool/lpd , lp, lp0 lp1?
What message if any show in you messages file when you experience printer
problems
Larry
