[H-GEN] printing problems

[Clinton Roy]

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morning all

here is the output of a dvips invocation:
This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 1999.10.05:0821' -> |lpr
<texc.pro>. [1] lpr: connect: Connection refused
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.

and now for the hopefully helpful information:

from dmesg:
lp0: using parport0 (polling).

/etc/printcap:
lp|cannon|Cannon:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/cannon:\
        :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
        :if=/etc/magicfilter/bj600-filter:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:

what lpq says:
waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
1st    latent     7    (standard input)                      31705 bytes

directory setup:
root at cloisters ~ # ls -l /var/spool/lpd/
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     lp           1024 Oct  5 08:50 cannon/
drwxrwsr-x   2 lp       lp           1024 Oct  5 08:20 lp/
-rw-r--r--   1 root     lp              5 Oct  5 08:23 lpd.lock
drwxrwsr-x   2 lp       lp           1024 Sep 21 08:45 remote/

i can write to /dev/lp0 and the printer spurts it out

getting a headache already, damn computers

thanks for any assistance
-- 
``it's the perfect hassle, for the perfumed kiss''
			- Smashing Pumpkins, Daphne Descends
Clinton Roy
http://student.uq.edu.au/~s344025/

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