Subject: Re: lpd problem
To: Phil Brodd <pbrodd@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/07/2001 21:14:58
On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 10:55:32PM -0600, Phil Brodd wrote:
> I'm stumped by why lpd won't pass print jobs off to my printer (an Apple
> Personal LaserWriter NTR) that come from remote clients.  I can print
> from the server machine via 'lpr file.ps', but when I send a document
> from another machine nothing prints.
> 
> These errors show up in my lpd log:
> 
> Nov 6 15:33:07 inky lpd[19836]: leo requests recvjob lp
> Nov 6 15:33:08 inky lpd[19836]: lp: illegal format character 'o'
> Nov 6 15:33:08 inky lpd[19836]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA001leo)

Hum, I think the 'o' option is implemented only in recent lpd servers.
Try to get -current lpd sources and recompile.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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