printing

[Ted Ozolins]

While trying to print (Slackware 8.1) I keep getting this error. 

A print error occured. Error message received from system:

/usr/bin/lpr -P 'ibm' '-#1' '/tmp/kde-root/kdeprint_ViVAyHg' : execution 
failed with message:
Status Information: sending job 'root at crash+278' to ibm at localhost connecting 
to 'localhost', attempt 1 cannot open connection to localhost - Connection 
refused Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol

Any idea what I've messed up?
The printer is set up as a local printer on a parallel port.

TIA
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Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.