[Techtalk] Printer problems

[Finne Boonen]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Berenice Chong wrote:

> I use RedHat 8 LPRng printing system and I'm trying to get my printer
> (a Canon BJC-265SP) to actually print something. It appears to be
> configured correctly but whenever I try to print a testpage from the
> RH printer config GUI, nothing happens, or I get an message saying
> "There was an error trying to print the test page". You don't say :L
> 
> If I use the cmd line to print, I get the following:
> 
> [arashi at rgveda arashi]$ lpr /home/arashi/CSC2406/README
> Status Information:
>  sending job 'arashi at rgveda+113' to canon at localhost
>  connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
>  cannot open connection to localhost - Connection refused
> Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol
> and accepts connections from this host and from non-privileged
> (>1023) ports
> 
> I don't understand what's happening here. Can anyone explain why my
> printer can't print?

I had the same problem, but unfortunately I didnt managed to get it fixed,
in the end, I trew lprng out and installed cups, wich took 5 minutes to
install and hasnt given me any problems

Finne
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