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From: Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Printer Daemon problems.
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Hi, I want to begin by saying that I am new to FreeBSD and Unix, but I am
fairly computer literate.

I have installed FreeBSD a few times, and I think it's finally right. My
first goal was to get the printer working, and already I am running into
trouble. when I print using lpr, I get an error message. My job is
spooled, but the daemon doesn't print it. When I type in "lpd", the
printer comes alive, and my job prints. If I print again, I get the error
again, and lpd makes it work again. This is not what I expected a "daemon"
to do. All the files and directories needed see to be in order. here's the
details, thanks in advance:

	/var/spool/lpd/hp500c/.seq

001


	/var/spool/lpd/hp500c/cfA000

H
Proot
Jstdin
C
Lroot
fdfA000
UdfA000
N


	/var/spool/lpd/hp500c/dfA000

!"#$%
"#$%&
#$%&'
$%&'(
%&'()


	The error message I get when I type "lptest 5 5 | lpd -Php500c"

# lptest 5 5 |lpr -Php500c
lpr: connect: No such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.


	/usr/local/libexec/if-simple

#!/bin/sh
#
# simple text input filter for lpd

printf "\033&k2G" && /bin/cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
exit 2


	/etc/printcap

#	@(#)printcap	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90

hp500c|inkjet|lp|Hewlett Packard 500C color inkjet printer:\
	:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp500c:\
	:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
	:if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple:\
	:lf=/var/log/hp500c.log