Subject: Re: lpd problem
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: Phil Brodd <pbrodd@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/07/2001 14:42:28
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> 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.

Thank you, Manuel.  Apparently Mac OS X 10.1 sends the 'o' option, as I
discovered in an article on http://www.macosxhints.com.

<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011106233642858>

So what does the 'o' option do?  I'll try the -current sources.

Phil