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Re: Printing--what am I missing? -- solved!



On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 08:19:34AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

> Now if only I can figure out why my printer daemon is just sitting
> there ignoring printjobs. ;-)

I'm no expert (obviously :) ), but to try to get stuff set up as cleanly
as possible and eliminate potential sources of trouble, you could try
basically what I did:

Purge lpr/lprng and apsfilter/magicfilter (if you're using one of
those).  Do a ps ax | grep lpd and kill anything that shows up.

Install lprng--if it configures for you, good, if it doesn't configure,
then try rebooting and then run dpkg --configure lprng.  Then install
magicfilter or apsfilter, and configure your printer.

Try it then and see if it works; if it doesn't, reboot and then
try again.

If it still doesn't work... you'll need help from someone more
knowledgeable than I--like the other Michael. :)

-- 
Tom
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is you end
up being governed by your inferiors."
        -Plato



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