Greg Thomas wrote:
Ok, I decided to switch from using a little Linksys 802.11b parallel
print server to using my OpenBSD box for printing to my one printer.
Printing locally works fine but I'm having trouble printing from XP.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# cat /etc/printcap
# $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp $
#
lp|:\
:sh:sf:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# lpq
Warning: no daemon present
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st ethant 9 Test Page 0 bytes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# ps waux |grep lpd
daemon 7435 0.0 0.9 180 556 ?? Ss 10:22PM 0:00.03 /usr/sbin/lpd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ethant# sudo lprm 9
cannot dequeue dfA009LOCUST
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net dequeued
And I get a bunch of these in /var/log/lpd-errs until I rm everything
in /var/spool/output:
Dec 1 22:31:06 grits lpd[15269]: locust.2fortheroad.net
Dec 1 22:31:06 grits lpd[15269]: link tfA009locust.2fortheroad.net
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net: File exists
Dec 1 22:31:14 grits lpd[5050]: locust.2fortheroad.net
Dec 1 22:31:14 grits lpd[5050]: link tfA009locust.2fortheroad.net
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net: File exists
Dec 1 22:31:22 grits lpd[21910]: locust.2fortheroad.net
Dec 1 22:31:22 grits lpd[21910]: link tfA009locust.2fortheroad.net
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net: File exists
Dec 1 22:31:30 grits lpd[17060]: locust.2fortheroad.net
Dec 1 22:31:30 grits lpd[17060]: link tfA009locust.2fortheroad.net
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net: File exists
Dec 1 22:31:38 grits lpd[23270]: locust.2fortheroad.net
Dec 1 22:31:38 grits lpd[23270]: link tfA009locust.2fortheroad.net
cfA009locust.2fortheroad.net: File exists
I saw a similar message on misc back in August but no resolution.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Greg
Hi
Have you tried using samba to share the printer with XP?
HTH
Fred
