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From: hdtodd@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: printer startup problems (novice user)
Message-ID: <1990Aug31.113948.32825@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 31 Aug 90 16:39:48 GMT
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    I have been unable to get my DN3500, configured for BSD 4.3, to
connect with the printer system.  I understand that I will likely
have problems with baud rates, etc., connecting to the LN03 that 
I want to use locally, but I can't even get to first base.

    When I print, for example with the following command, I get
the error message indicated:

            /usr/spool/lpd> lpr -Psp /usr/hdtodd/hello.c
            jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
            
I have worked repeatedly through the "Managing BSD ..." manual to
see that I have the files I need set up, etc., and I just can't
see what I'm doing wrong.

    My printcap file is as follows.

    Can anyone suggest where else I might look to get this going?

    Thanks for any help you can offer.

                                    David Todd, Wesleyan Univ.

# Apollo /etc/printcap
# isclee 06/09/88	Carry forward SR9.5 info
# roc Thu Jul  9 13:25:35 EDT 1987		added lp26 info
#
lp|line printer:\
        :pc=/usr/apollo/bin/prf -banner off -text -npag -headers off:lp=/dev/sio1:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lp:if=/usr/lib/lpf:\
        :af=/usr/adm/lpacct:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:
sp|sandpiper:\
        :lp=:rm=sandpiper:rp=lp:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/sp: