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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:22:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: lpt0: Device Busy  ??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219152108.658I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19980218211733.52794@vmunix.com>

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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Mark Mayo wrote:

> Hi there. The strangest thing happened today with my printer...
> I've had the printer working just fine with apsfilter/lpd and 
> shared with samba, but today, it seems I simply can't communicate
> with the darned thing! :-)
> 
> A 'lpc status' or 'lpq' will show that the printer is offline,
> and lpd is waiting for it to come back (ready).

This can be caused by many things:

1.  Printer cable is pulled out.
2.  Printer is stuck, is offline, or has an error condition and needs
attention.
3.  Multiple copies of lpd are running or got stuck.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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