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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:09:44 -0400
From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: CUPS vs. apsfilter--newbie setup problems
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:05:50AM -0500, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> On Friday 19 September 2003 10:39 am, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> > I'm trying to get my 4.8-running laptop hooked up to
> > some printers, and I'm having trouble getting it configured
> > with either CUPS or apsfilter (as someone here had recommended).
> > I've tried to look over the docs, and search through here, but
> > am still stumped for what I'm supposed to be doing.

[...]

> This may sound like a dumb question, but did you start the printing service 
> 'lpd'?  The default installation of FreeBSD does not start this service.

It is not a dumb question, as I normally do forget such things, but
in this case, yes, lpd is running.

Jesse Sheidlower