LPRng: Re: LPRng 3.7.4-printer problems on linux

[Milt Cooper]

Title: Re: LPRng 3.7.4-printer problems on linux



My imac is partitioned for dual boot in linux or mac OS 9.2. The printer is a hp-deskjet 920c. The linux distribution is Yellow Dog 2.1.

The printer works fine with  mac os 9.2. However, in linux at the command lpr I get
the reply
 < "sending job 'miltc@localhost +876' to hp920@localhost -
connection refused. Make sure LPD server is running on server". >

Debugging with lpr -D5 the reply is:
< signal No signal, Errorcode1, exits 0. >

For every command I can think of the reply is always "Make sure LPD server
is running on server." 

A reply to a previous post in a newsgroup suggested I try, as root, the command 
'service lpd start'. The reply to this is:
 
< Starting lpd: Warning - cannot stat 'if'filter '/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter' - No such file or directory. >
I don't yet know enough to understand what this all means, so any help will
be greatly appreciated.

My question is: How do I get the LPD server to run; and what's this about no filter?

Thanks,  Milt