On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Fred Crowson wrote: > rp|c500|laser|lexmark:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=c500.crowsons.net:\ > :rp=ps:\ > :sd=/var/spool/C500:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > x41:fred ~> lpr -Plaser which.ps > x41:fred ~> tail -2 /var/log/lpd-errs > Jul 17 18:14:36 x41 lpd[18903]: x41.crowsons.net requests printjob > laser Jul 17 18:14:39 x41 lpd[18903]: laser: lost connection > x41:fred ~>
I'm guessing you've already made sure that "c500.crowsons.net" actually resolves to an IP address *inside* your network and you can ping it. I'm also guessing you've made sure your "which.ps" file is good. You may have fumble-fingered the command to create the ps file of the man page. If you're not sure, just download something that is known-good. Such as: http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix98/freenix/deraa dt.ps Check the permissions and ownership of /var/spool/C500 (in my case it's the default /var/spool/output). $ ls -laF /var/spool total 36 drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 Mar 10 17:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 26 root wheel 512 Jun 29 00:52 ../ drwxrwx--- 2 smmsp smmsp 512 Jul 17 01:31 clientmqueue/ dr-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Mar 10 17:31 ftp/ drwxrwxr-t 2 uucp dialer 512 Mar 10 17:31 lock/ drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Jul 17 01:44 mqueue/ drwxrwxr-x 2 root daemon 512 Jul 17 18:38 output/ drwxr-xr-x 2 uucp daemon 512 Mar 10 17:31 uucp/ drwxrwxr-t 2 uucp daemon 512 Mar 10 17:31 uucppublic/ $ ls -laF /var/spool/output/ total 20 drwxrwxr-x 2 root daemon 512 Jul 17 18:38 ./ drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 Mar 10 17:31 ../ -rw-rw---x 1 daemon daemon 4 Jul 17 18:38 .seq* -rw-r----- 1 daemon daemon 26 Jul 17 18:38 lock -rw-rw---- 1 daemon daemon 17 Jul 17 18:38 status Lastly you might want to try :rp=lp: in your /etc/printcap. If you get the remote printer name wrong, it's bad juju. Make sure you kill and restart lpd after your changes. kind regards, jcr
