Printing problem under RedHat 7.1


Subject: Printing problem under RedHat 7.1
From: Wade Masshardt (WadeMasshardt@uwalumni.com)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 17:43:04 EDT


I'm trying to get papd working on my RedHat 7.1 box with a HP 2100M
hooked to the parallel port (/dev/lp0). I can print fine from the
console on that machine and from Windows machines (via samba), but I
can't seem to get papd configured quite right. I've been following
the documents on the web
(<http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/netatalk-file-and-print.html>,
<http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/>,
<http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/>, and
<http://www.giub.unibe.ch/~eugster/appleprint.html> but I'm still
running into problems. Here is my /etc/printcap (the none-comment
lines) for reference:

lp|HP2100M:\
         :sh:\
         :ml=0:\
         :mx=0:\
         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
         :lp=/dev/lp0:\
         :lpd_bounce=true:\
         :if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:

My /etc/atalk/papd.conf:

HP-LaserJet-2100M:\
         :pr=lp:op=operator:\
         :pd=/etc/atalk/HPLaserJet2100.PPD:

The printer shows up in my Mac's Chooser as "HP-LaserJet-2100M", so
that seems to be working. When I print, the job gets spooled and
nothing ever comes out. Here is what is in /var/log/messages:

papd[26370]: lp_conn_unix connect /dev/printer: No such file or directory
papd[26370]: lp_print: lp_conn_unix: No such file or directory
papd[26340]: child 26370 done

(at this point, I made a symlink from /dev/printer to /dev/lp0 and tried again)

papd[26340]: child 26387 for "HP-LaserJet-2100M" from 65280.128
papd[26387]: lp_conn_unix connect /dev/printer: Connection refused
papd[26387]: lp_print: lp_conn_unix: Connection refused
papd[26340]: child 26387 done

I'm pretty much scratching my head over this, so any help would be appreciated.

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