Re: [aclug-L] Printer in debian 2

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Wesley,

The reccommended setup in Debian 2.0 is to use the following two
packages:

  lprng                 (intead of lpd)
  magicfilter           (instead of apsfilter)

magicfilter comes with a nice configuration program; just install it (and
let it overwrite the existing printcap if it wants to).  Install lprng 
as well.  It may be wise to reboot at this point.

Then, you can print files with:

lpr filename

If using lprng doesn't fix the problem, please send a copy of your
/etc/printcap with magicfilter and we'll see if anything looks wrong
in there.

John

Wesley Simon <wsimon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >
> 
> I recently installed Debian 2.0.  I have a HP Deskjet 500C.  I configure it as
> b&w only so it won't print everything in color.  This is not the problem.  I 
> can
> do a "cat filename > /dev/lp1" and print out a stair-stepped text file.  I 
> found
> a really good filtering program called apsfilter.  I make it all the way 
> through
> the installation and print a test page within the menu-based install program.
> As soon as I exit and try to "lp testfile," it says:
> 
> 
> connection to 'localhost' failed - Connection refused
> job 'cfA535amd.' transfer to ascii@localhost failed
> 
> lprm outputs:
> 
> cannot open connection to `ascii@localhost' - Connection refused
> 
> lpq:
> 
> Host 'localhost' - cannot open connection to `ascii@localhost' - Connection
> refused
> 
> 
> I can take all filtering commands out of my /etc/printcap and print
> stair-stepped text, but this worse than not printing (waste of paper).
> 
> 
> I also tried a different filtering program called magicfilter and got similar
> results.  This leads me to believe that its originating from permissions or a
> config file rather than the filtering program.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Wes
> 
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