Re: Strange things happening

[Jens Ritter <jens@hilbert.weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za> writes:

> Last night everything worked ok - printing too.  Today I could not print.
> I get the following 
> 
> root@Johann(20)$ lpq
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Well? 

> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    jhspies    314  (standard input)                      110621 bytes
> 2nd    jhspies    315  (standard input)                      93333 bytes

What does status issued in lpc give?
Is there an active server?

Which printing daemon do you use? lpr or lprng?

Jens 
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