lpr works but print panel does not

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2 total messages Started by Geoffrey S Knauth Tue, 06 Oct 1992 08:39

#1776

Author: Geoffrey S Knauth
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 08:39

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A friend asks:

"I simply cannot get buckaroo (in Wendy's office) to print via the
NeXTstep print panels.  It is driving me to distraction.  Printing the
Unix way (lpr) works fine, so I know the daemons and the NetInfo stuff
for printer routing (printcap) is all set up correctly, but whenever
you try to print from buckaroo from a NeXT print panel, it spins for
30 seconds before saying `Unable to connect to printer daemon.'  That's
hogwash, since I can clearly connect to the printer daemon via lpr."

"Any idea what the print panel is doing that lpr is not?
Any idea how to fix this (it works from other computers)."
-- 
Geoffrey S. Knauth, Marble Associates, Inc.                Member BCS-NeXT, LPF
gsk@marble.com, (617) 891-5555 work, (617) 547-5247 home   Standard Disclaimers

Re: lpr works but print panel does not

#1784

Author: Christian Kurrer
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 17:01

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In article <BvoypD.5zt@world.std.com> gsk@world.std.com (Geoffrey S  
Knauth) writes:
> A friend asks:
> 
> "I simply cannot get buckaroo (in Wendy's office) to print via the
> NeXTstep print panels.  It is driving me to distraction.  Printing the
> Unix way (lpr) works fine, so I know the daemons and the NetInfo stuff
> for printer routing (printcap) is all set up correctly, but whenever
> you try to print from buckaroo from a NeXT print panel, it spins for
> 30 seconds before saying `Unable to connect to printer daemon.'  That's
> hogwash, since I can clearly connect to the printer daemon via lpr."
> 
> "Any idea what the print panel is doing that lpr is not?
> Any idea how to fix this (it works from other computers)."
> -- 
> Geoffrey S. Knauth, Marble Associates, Inc.               

I got exactly the same problem on our Next Network. But as people reboot  
their machine pretty often, these problems appear and disappear  
continuously. 

I'd be interested in the solution, too.

Christian Kurrer

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