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Date:      Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:20:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jeff Gray <jwg2@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
To:        Jeffrey San Diego <j.sandiego@prodigy.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cannot print
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004151718530.71998-100000@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <000a01bfa711$5473efb0$2157fd3f@penguin>

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Did you run lpd as root?
   Must turn on the print daemon before you can print.

lpc is a good friend for seeing what is going on.
   lpc 
   > lpc status lp lp0

If you are still having problems include a copy of /etc/printcap

Jeff


On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Jeffrey San Diego wrote:

> I tried to run a test print by doing  "lptest | lpr". Then I checked the
> print queue by doing lpq. I got this message even with my printer turned on:
> 
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline?)



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