printing

[Joel Hammer]

Is lpd running?
Joel
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:24:50PM -0700, Ted Ozolins wrote:
> 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
> -- 
> Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
> Westbank, B. C.
> 
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