Hi all,

I'm trying to get my printer working under Slackware 10. I have a Canon bjc-250 and i configure it via apsfilter. Once setup, i can print a testpage just fine. But once I close apsfilter, return to bash, do a "lpc reread" and try for example the following to see if it really works, i get errors...


root@moshpit:~# echo "test" | lpr
Status Information, attempt 1 of 3:
sending job 'root@moshpit+463' to missingprinter@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer missingprinter@localhost
job 'root@moshpit+463' transfer to missingprinter@localhost failed
error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL'
sending str '^Bmissingprinter' to missingprinter@localhost
error msg: 'spool queue for 'missingprinter' does not exist on server moshpit.moshpit.metalpc'
error msg: 'check for correct printer name or you may need to run'
error msg: ''checkpc -f' to create queue'
Waiting 10 seconds before retry
Status Information, attempt 2 of 3:
sending job 'root@moshpit+463' to missingprinter@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer missingprinter@localhost
job 'root@moshpit+463' transfer to missingprinter@localhost failed
error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL'
sending str '^Bmissingprinter' to missingprinter@localhost
error msg: 'spool queue for 'missingprinter' does not exist on server moshpit.moshpit.metalpc'
error msg: 'check for correct printer name or you may need to run'
error msg: ''checkpc -f' to create queue'
Waiting 10 seconds before retry
sending job 'root@moshpit+463' to missingprinter@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer missingprinter@localhost
job 'root@moshpit+463' transfer to missingprinter@localhost failed
error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL'
sending str '^Bmissingprinter' to missingprinter@localhost
error msg: 'spool queue for 'missingprinter' does not exist on server moshpit.moshpit.metalpc'
error msg: 'check for correct printer name or you may need to run'
error msg: ''checkpc -f' to create queue'


I haven't got a clue what is wrong, and immersing myself into documentation only makes me more confused. I googled for possible answers but I couldnt help myself. I hope some of you guys can help me out.

As said I use apsfilter, slack10 i have a bjc 250 connected to my pc via a parallel port. If more info is needed, say so.

Thanks in advance

For most problems in Linux, the solution can be very simple (i.e. forgetting to connect the printer to the computer or forgetting to power up the printer). Here are some tutorials that I found useful when configuring printing in Linux (Slackware). I was able to configure my laser printer with CUPs as a shared printer via Samba so that computers on my LAN could print. Also I was able to configure older version of Linux (Slackware) with APSFILTER to share printer over network via Samba and all computers on my LAN could print

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