Matthew --
Are you certain that "lpd is running on ... printhost"? It doesn't need to
be actually running as a daemon for local printing to occur -- it will be
started by the local lpr as needed -- but it does need to be running as a
daemon for remote printing to work. And you report lpc on (I think) the
server as saying "no daemon present".
And BTW, is "commnet" another name for "printhost"?
At 11:29 AM 4/14/00 -0600, Matthew McCleary wrote:
>I'm trying to print from one Linux box to another. One is running Redhat
>6.1, the other some old Slackware distro (for some reason the boss
>believes Slackware is the way to go on servers ... whatever). But anyway.
>I have successfully set up an HP LaserJet 5L printer on lpt0 on our
>server, and have successfully printed both ASCII and PostScript to it.
>I've added all the necessary machines to the printhost's /etc/hosts.lpd
>file. I've even given them fully-qualified names in the file.
>
>The printhost's /etc/printcap entry is thus:
>
>lj5l:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj5l:\
> :af=/var/log/printing:\
> :lf=/var/log/printing-errors:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/filters/ljet4-filter:\
> :pl#66:\
> :pw#80:\
> :pc#150:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
>
>My local workstation's printcap entry is:
>
>lj5l:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj5l:\
> :rm=printhost:\
> :rp=lj5l:\
> :lp=:\
> :sh:
>
>I have lpd up and running on both my workstation and printhost.
>
>Here's what happens. When I get on my Linux workstation (RH 6.1) and try
>to print something, nothing comes out of the printhost's printer. When I
>do an lpc status on both my workstation and printhost, I get the
>following:
>
>lj5l:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> no daemon present
>
>Checking /var/spool/lpd/lj5l/status on my workstation reveals:
>
>sending to commnet
>
>(and the date stamp is that of the last print job I sent)
>
>Checking /var/spool/lpd/lj5l/status on printhost:
>
>lj5l is ready and printing
>
>And yet nothing comes out of the printer. I can do lpr -Plj5l filename on
>printhost, and the file prints just fine. But I can't get remote printing
>to work.
>
>Help!
>
>
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>Matthew S. McCleary, network admin. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
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