Subject: cups won't print
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Tom Jernigan <jernigantc@ornl.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/07/2002 14:26:22
I've installed cups-1.1.14nb1 on my Mac Quadra 660av with 68M RAM 
running 1.5 (almost 1.5.3). I've set up a printer called test4 (HP 
8100). I can print a test page from the web admin site. It appears to 
be running from the lpstat output:

emac-ornl02: {6} lpstat -p -d
printer test4 is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
system default destination: test4

However when I try to print I get errors. I tried a simple text file 
as a test (a postscript file gives the same errors).

1st try:
emac-ornl02: {2} lpr ssh_install_msgs.txt
lpr: lp: unknown printer

2nd try:
emac-ornl02: {3} lpr -Ptest4 ssh_install_msgs.txt
lpr: cannot create /var/spool/output/lpd/.seq

3rd try after creating the directories /var/spool/output and 
/var/spool/output/lpd:

emac-ornl02: {4} lpr -Ptest4 ssh_install_msgs.txt
lpr: connect: No such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.

Any pointers to a solution will be greatly appreciated. My ultimate 
goal is to get my Epson Photo 700 working from NetBSD so I can use it 
from Mac OS 10, but I'm starting with a printer I can print to from 
the normal lpr. (lpd is not running).

-- 
Tom Jernigan,  jernigantc@ornl.gov
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