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Old 05-23-2005, 01:04 PM   #1
MAGOVIA
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Lpr problem


Hi everyone,

If any one can help me with this, I appreciate it a lot...
Everything works properly if I print from Xwindows, but if i Use the console it shows this error!!
I am using Slack 10 and my printer is Epson C65 under USB.
Thanks

root@jahyireh:/home/minor# lpr pres.05787003297
Status Information, attempt 1 of 3:
sending job 'root@jahyireh+60' to c65@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
cannot open connection to localhost - No such file or directory
Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol
Waiting 10 seconds before retry
Status Information, attempt 2 of 3:
sending job 'root@jahyireh+60' to c65@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
cannot open connection to localhost - No such file or directory
Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol
 
Old 05-23-2005, 01:45 PM   #2
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Try this http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...48#post1154848
 
Old 05-25-2005, 09:09 PM   #3
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Thank you very much it really works!

But.. I don't really know what I did?..
 
  


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