Jan Minar wrote:
Not that I knew ``Running Linux'' by heart, but you seem not to have the lpd set up properly. Seems like either /etc/init.d/lpd (or what the name really is) is missing, or the /etc/init.d/rc*.d/ symlinks (or equivalent) are. Did you install lpd as a Debian package? Did it configure correctly?
Yes, lpd was set up by Debian install both times. I only created the filter and the spool directories, which all seem to work ok. Maybe the init file is missing an option which initializes the spawning behaviour.
I will check the init files that you identified and will certainly try CUPS. Thanks for your advice.