Re: Printing Problem on a Network
Hello there,
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 complaw@hal-pc.org wrote:
> I'm not sure why, but my Linux box that was printing just fine to a network
> printer (via TCP/IP) no longer works. Netscape, enscript, WordPerfect, Adobe,
> all worked fine until, one day (yesterday) they didn't. I restarted lpd, but to
> no avail. Incidentally, the Linux box has not been rebooted. Any ideas what I
> should do
> next?
What does it say/do exactly, when you try to print a file via lpr (man
lpr)?
Then, try to find out, if your printing jobs still sit in the queue (man
lpq). If yes, check the status-file (Should be in the spool-directory
(usually /var/spool/lpd/printername).
Also have a look at the logs in /var/log. Don't remember the file name of
the lpd-log, but the name of the file should tell (something like
/var/log/lpd perhaps).
So try to find out about these things, mail any error-messages to the
list, perhaps someone can help then.
Regards,
Daniel
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