printer server problem
Nathan England
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
18 Sep 2001 08:41:37 -0700
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Are you using the BSD Line printing daemon that comes with slackware, or
are you using cups? (Common Unix Printing System -- www.cups.org)
Curious because I have had loads of problems with Star Office and Open
Office not seeing my printer setup, unless I have cups installed. I
never install the BSD-lpd because cups is sooo nice.
Have you tried any *other* text editor, obviously you can print from the
line, so I'm assuming it's just star office that you have this problem
in. =20
Check your /etc/rc.d/rc.M and make sure this is in it...
if [ -x /usr/sbin/lpd ]; then
echo "Starting the BSD line printer spooler daemon: /usr/sbin/lpd"
/usr/sbin/lpd
And check /var/log/packages/ and make sure that lpd is installed. I've
seen it get installed from some other package, not bsd-lpd and it
doesn't work correctly. =20
But I'm pretty sure it's Star Office. Just put cups on it. (and qtcups
, Kups)
are nice as well!
nathan
Oen Tue, 2001-09-18 at 00:58, Rick Rosinski wrote:
> I can't print. When I try "lpq", I get "lpq: Unable to contact server!"=
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> did a "ps -A" in an xterm and saw a process for "lpd". I can't figure th=
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> out. I could reboot and that might fix it, but I want to know how I can =
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> it without rebooting. I tried printing from StarOffice, and when that=20
> failed, I tried printing to a ps file, and ran "lpr -Ppsjet file.ps" whic=
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> works fine, usually. I am using Slackware 8.0, KDE 2.2, and StarOffice 5=
.2.
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> Any suggestions?
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or are you using cups? (Common Unix Printing System -- <A HREF=3D"ht=
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Curious because I have had loads of problems with Star Office and Open Offi=
ce not seeing my printer setup, unless I have cups installed. I never=
install the BSD-lpd because cups is sooo nice.<br>
<br>
Have you tried any *other* text editor, obviously you can print from the li=
ne, so I'm assuming it's just star office that you have this problem in. &n=
bsp;<br>
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Check your /etc/rc.d/rc.M and make sure this is in it...<br>
<br>
if [ -x /usr/sbin/lpd ]; then<br>
echo "Starting the BSD line printer spooler daemon:=
/usr/sbin/lpd"<br>
/usr/sbin/lpd<br>
<br>
And check /var/log/packages/ and make sure that lpd is installed. I'v=
e seen it get installed from some other package, not bsd-lpd and it doesn't=
work correctly. <br>
<br>
But I'm pretty sure it's Star Office. Just put cups on it. (and qtcup=
s , Kups)<br>
are nice as well!<br>
<br>
nathan<br>
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Oen Tue, 2001-09-18 at 00:58, Rick Rosinski wrote:<pre><FONT COLOR=3D"#7373=
73">> I can't print. When I try "lpq", I get "lpq: Unab=
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