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Printing on RedHat-5.1

I have setup my printing on my server and everything works fine even my print queue and spooling are working, but lpq says: "waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)"

My printcap looks like:

# LOCAL HP Laser Jet
lp|dj|hplj:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/hplj/filter:\
:sh:

It is a HP LaserJet 4 Plus.

If I run "cat dhcpd.leases /dev/lp0" I get "cat: /dev/lp0: Device not configured"
If I run "cat dhcpd.leases /dev/lp1" I get "cat: /dev/lp1: Invalid argument"
In my messages I keep "kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)" every two minutes. It seems like I have to configure my lp0? How do I do that?

jji

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If I run "cat dhcpd.leases /dev/lp1" I get "cat: /dev/lp1: Invalid argument"
..
Try "cat foo.txt > /dev/lp" and it should go to printer.

I had the polling problem once and found out that I had two
lpd daemons running (pidof lpd, if you get more than one pid fyou have 2 daemons), check if that's the case.
I got printer (canon) working with apsfilter, it seems to have support to HP Laserjet 4 so maybe you should try it.
(ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz)
Good luck!

wqclatre

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# LOCAL HP Laser Jet
lp|dj|hplj:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/hplj/filter:\
:sh:

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change to :lp=/dev/lp1:\
Youre kernel says that you have the printer on /dev/lp1
"kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)"

Neogenix

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Thank you wqclatre. Please answer this question so I can give you the point. Wonderfully obvious wasn't it.

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