Re: Job in queue on hold, but not job in queue. Huh?!

[Laurent Martelli <martelli@iie.cnam.fr>]

>>>>> "Kent" == Kent West <westk@acu.edu> writes:

  Kent> I'm trying to set up printing on a Debian box to a remote
  Kent> printer. My printcap looks like: lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\

  Kent> :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:rm=<the_printer's_ip_address>:rp=hplj4l:\
  Kent> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
  Kent> :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
  Kent> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:

  Kent> If I try to print something (say, "lpr /etc/printcap"), and
  Kent> then do a "lpq", I get: Printer: lp@<localmachine_name> 'HP
  Kent> Laserjet 4L' Queue: no printable jobs in queue

What version of lprng are you using ? There was a bug in potato for a
couple of days, but it has been fixed. If you're on potato, try
upgrade to the latest version of lprng.

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Laurent Martelli
martelli@iie.cnam.fr