lp refuses to work.

[Douglas J Hunley]

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edj spewed electrons into the ether that resembled:
> Running CUPS 1.1.10.  Files will print under any editor or processor.
> However, when I "lp file.txt" at the console, nothing prints, though I do
> get:
>
> lp att.txt
> request id is ps1-364 (1 file(s))
>
> lpq says printer is idle.  Same result if I try "lp -d ps1 att.txt".  "cat
> att.txt > /dev/lp0"  works,  though very slowly.  Any advice on what to
> look at to solve this appreciated.  Thanks.

happened to me once. try using lpr instead of lp... dunno why, but it fixed my 
problem
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printk(KERN_WARNING "Multi-volume CD somehow got mounted.\n");
	2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/fs/isofs/inode.c
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