Andy Ball wrote:

> to a printer that is supposedly running lpd.  Is there a
> simple way to test for the presence of lpd on the printer
> before I spend many more hours second-guessing my NetBSD
> configuration?

  You could try

  telnet <printer_ip> 515

  this should you give at least a short connection.  If you get a
"connection refused", nobody is listening on the printer port.

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene