Printing problems - hostname bad

[Steve Kennedy <skennedy@stn.net>]

The following message appeared after using dselect to install gs-aladdin, magicfilter and lprng:

Starting printer spooler: 2002-01-26-17:52:22.445 Get_local_host: hostname 'debian' bad
lprng.

My /etc/hosts file is as follows:
127.0.0.1       localhost
216.191.62.2    stn.net

My /etc/network/interfaces reads:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

If I try to print I get the following error:
Get_local_host: hostname 'debian' bad

I don't understand what this error means - "debian" was the default hostname when I installed the system.

I'm running Woody with a 2.2.19 kernel with the following modules:
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate            39424   0  (autoclean)
nls_cp437               3904   2  (autoclean)
sb                     33280   0
uart401                 6148   0  [sb]
sound                  56480   0  [sb uart401]
soundcore               2564   6  [sb sound]
parport_probe           3392   0  (autoclean)
parport_pc              7392   1  (autoclean)
lp                      4384   0  (unused)
parport                 7524   1  [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
dummy                    976   0  (unused)
bsd_comp                3936   0
ppp                    20800   0  [ppp_deflate bsd_comp]
slhc                    4304   0  [ppp]
vfat                    9216   1
fat                    29312   1  [vfat]

The printer is an HP DeskJet 932C. PPP and mail services work fine, but I am unable to print. I've read man pages, printing docs and linuxprinting.org. I tried installing CUPS but couldn't get it to see localhost:631.Right now, I'd be satisfied getting the most basic printing going using gs and lprng, but I'm stumped. Any advice?