Subject: Re: printing problems: 'lp_open failed' error
From: Matthew Lynch (matt@twotrack.com)
Date: Thu Jul 19 2001 - 18:31:19 EDT
On Thursday, July 19, 2001, at 08:53 PM, Carsten Neumann wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Matt Lynch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know this problem has been discussed before on netatalk-admins but
>> having
>> tried every suggestion I'm still getting the following message in my
>> log when I
>> try and print from an iMac (running OS9.1) to a HP Laserjet 1200
>> installed
>> as a local printer on the linux server (running redhat 7.1 and
>> netatalk-1.5pre6-1rh7):
>>
>> papd[27358]: child 27371 for "HPLJ1200" from 65338.250
>> papd[27371]: lp_init: lock: No such file or directory
>> papd[27371]: lp_open failed
>> papd[27358]: child 27371 done
>>
>> The iMac simply returns a "Postscript error" message.
>>
>> My papd.conf is as follows:
>>
>> HPLJ1200:\
>> :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Plp:\
>> :op=root:pd=/etc/atalk/HP1200PS.PPD:
>>
>> and /etc/printcap is:
>>
>> lp:\
>> :sh:\
>> :ml=0:\
>> :mx=0:\
>> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>> :lpd_bounce=true:\
>> :if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:
>>
>> Any suggestions for what could be the source of the problem?
>>
>> Apologies if I'm missing something obvious.
>>
>> -Matt Lynch
>
> Can you print locally from your linux server via `lpr'?
> Kind regards
> Carsten
Yes, (un)fortunately I can. Is there anything else that could be the
problem? When I tried printing direct (i.e. with 'pr=lp' in papd.conf)
the same error occurred.
-Matt
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Sun Oct 14 2001 - 03:04:45 EDT