hi. For many moons i have had a lpd print server running on a debian 2.2r2 system. basically it just re-spools to another win32 system which prints to the printer. sofar i only have used it on other linux machines and it has worked great. today i am trying to setup a solaris machine to print to it, and it tries but the debian machine returns a not-very-useful error message:
Mar 15 14:02:10 it-wa lpd[860]: restarting lp Mar 15 14:02:13 it-wa last message repeated 3 times Mar 15 14:02:14 it-wa lpd[860]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA003nis-wa.graphon.com) printing from my desktop to that server works fine, i am attemping to print a basic website (http://portal.aphroland.org) just for testing. via netscape. since solaris seemingly is submitting the job(nis-wa.graphon.com is the host) i tend to think the trouble may be on the debian side. solaris's configuration: /etc/printers.conf : lp:\ :bsdaddr=it-wa,lp,Solaris:\ :description=defaultprinter: _default:\ :use=lp: the debian box is 2.2r2 running lpr 0.48-1, and a smbprint script. I added the solaris machine to /etc/hosts.equiv (before that i would get an error saying access denied). the setup on my debian desktop to print to the same machine is: /etc/printcap: lp|Remote printer entry:\ :lp=:\ :rm=it-wa.graphon.com:\ :rp=lp:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: i am no good at lpd stuff so maybe someone has an idea what could be goin wrong .. !! i hope :) thanks! nate
