On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:17:24PM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> Well, I can't use it, but that's because HP printers are fairly
> braindamaged. But they're also prolific. Maybe I didn't persevere
> long enough in making our in-tree lpd work on them... but CUPS "just
> worked" on the 4050N here.

Off-topic, but FYI: this works for me just fine:

# HP Laserjet with internal JetDirect ethernet card
lp|HP Laserjet:\
        :lp=9100@hp.aprisoft.de:sd=/var/spool/output/hp:\
        :mx#0:sh:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:


(But maybe I misunderstood your problem)

Martin