I have been playing with this for some time. I have looked in the archives with no luck so...
Epson ActionLaser1000 (laserjet IIP) attached by parallel port to Slackware 8.1 box. Whenever I send a printjob I get the following: root@Annapolis:/etc# lpq Printer: lp@Annapolis Queue: no printable jobs in queue root@Annapolis:/etc# lpr -v /tmp/hi root@Annapolis:/etc# lpr -V /tmp/hi LPRng-3.8.15, Copyright 1988-2002 Patrick Powell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sending job 'root@Annapolis+720' to lp@localhost connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer lp@localhost sending control file 'cfA720Annapolis' to lp@localhost completed sending 'cfA720Annapolis' to lp@localhost sending data file 'dfA720Annapolis' to lp@localhost completed sending 'dfA720Annapolis' to lp@localhost done job 'root@Annapolis+720' transfer to lp@localhost root@Annapolis:/etc# lpq Printer: lp@Annapolis Queue: no printable jobs in queue Server: no server active Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time incoming root@Annapolis+718 A 718 /tmp/hi 0 11:11:42 incoming root@Annapolis+720 A 720 /tmp/hi 0 11:12:01 It just sits there. I was able to print a test page with apsfilter, although I'm now using ifhp. Any ideas would be appreciated. Fred -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Welcome to lprng -- Welcome to the lprng mailing list! Please save this message for future reference. Thank you. If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe lprng or from another account, besides [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself) send email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need to contact a human. 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The package comes with filters for PostScript and HP printers, as well as the usual 'dumb' printers. Note that the PostScript and HP filters do page counting and produce accounting information accounting. In addition, there are a wide variety of other filters that can do page formatting, and produce banner pages. For users that require compatibility with the SVR4 lp and lpstat interface, lpr and lpq will simulate this interface, eliminating the need for another print spooler package. In addition, a publically available PCNFSD server is distributed with LPRng, and interfaces with the PC/DOS/Windows based NFS style print spoolers. For users that require secure and/or authenticated printing support, LPRng supports Kerberos V and/or PGP authentication methods. Additional authentication support is extremely simple to add. Finally, Astart Technlogies (http://www.astart.com) offers commercial support for the LPRng software. 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