lpr/lpd problem

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

check netstat to confirm lpd has a connection, perhaps?  also make sure lpd
knows it by the proper name(s) at the proper places...

At 10:27 PM 2/11/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I am trying to set up lpd on my linux machine
>and, unlike previous times, I am having a lot
>of difficulty.  In particular, the status
>of printer (called "cdj") is claimed to be:
>   waiting for cdj to become ready (offline ?)
>even though I can printer directly to the device (/dev/lp1) just fine.
>(this message evidently come from lpd).
>Has anyone else run into this problem?
>
>-- 
>Robert Luoma    <luoma at capybara.pn.com>
>
>

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