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Date:      Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:07:30 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        scanner@jurai.net
Cc:        Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ARGH! Stupid LPD error...
Message-ID:  <20010417160730.A20235@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171701410.42213-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from "scanner@jurai.net" on Tue Apr 17 17:04:02 GMT 2001
References:  <20010418085851.A4712@itouchnz.itouch> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171701410.42213-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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In the last episode (Apr 17), scanner@jurai.net said:
> Makes sense. I just cant figure out WHY its refusing to print. I
> can't even cat file > /dev/lpt0. It times out. Something is jacked
> and I just cannot figure it out.

Is the printer offline maybe?  Try running "lptcontrol -p" to set the
printer device to polled mode.  That has helped for me in the past.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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