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Re: repost - printing - help please



On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:25:06PM +0000, Avtar Marwaha wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:22, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> 
> > > foomatic-compiledb -t ppd pnm2ppa
> > 
> > did that too
> 
> what was the output when you ran this command?

got it - you have to execute that command sitting in /etc

> > when i say print test page, nothing happens!!

nothing happens still!!
> > 
> > it just keeps saying attempting to connect to host deshmukh.work on port 9100!

i am in a mess regarding printing!!

> hmm, did you copy the pnm2ppa.conf file that I put in my other email? 
> If you didn't then none of this will work.

sure i did that.

> 
> Is the host deshmukh.work the same computer that the printer is
> connected to or a computer elsewhere on your network? (if you have one.)

same as the computer to which the printer is connected!
> 
> Other than that port 9100 seems to be used by a network printer queue
> program, such as lpr.  But I dont know anything about them so I cant
> help.  Try checking the /var/log/cups/error.log file or the printer
> status in the web interface to see if that can tell you anything.  
> 
> > thank for help 
> 
> No problem
> 
> Avtar
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
thanx yet again,

sandip p deshmukh
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