LPRng question

[Gerry Maddock]

<It seems that the print command is trying to find the printer at
location 'localhost'.  Since this is a network printer it is not at
localhost is it?>

Yeah, the error messages made no sense to me either!

Well, like I said earlier: < The IP address of this printer is 10.1.1.192. I
call this
 printer nero, and have it listed in my /etc/hosts file>

Here is a copy of part of my host file:
127.0.0.1  localhost localhost.localdomain
10.1.1.190   penguin.futuremetals.com penguin
10.1.1.192  nero

Now, I'm not getting any error messages, but nothing prints!!!!! Nothing in
the queue! I'm still able to telnet into port 9100, type some sentences,
then do the [ctrl] [l] and the printer prints what I just typed!

Thanks for helping Russ!! - if you need any other info, let me know.

Russ Brewer wrote:

> It seems that the print command is trying to find the printer at
> location 'localhost'.  Since this is a network printer it is not at
> localhost is it?
>
> What are your '/etc/hosts' file entries for localhost and nero?
>
> I think your problem may be that your computer does not know what nero's
> ip address is and so its guessing its at localhost.  But isn't your
> local host address something like 127.0.0.1?
>
> Russ Brewer
>
> Gerry Maddock wrote:
> >
> > I've been trying to get LPRng to work lately, but nothings happening.
> > Here's the facts: The test printer for this is an HP8000 w/jetdirect
> > port. The IP address of this printer is 10.1.1.192. I call this
> > printer nero, and have it listed in my /etc/hosts file. I'm running
> > LRng-3.6.12-1, and ifhp-3.3.10-1 on a RH6.0 sys running Samba v.2.05a.
> > I was not able to print via samba, so I tried
> > lpr /etc/ifhp.conf  and recieved the following errors:
> > Status Information:
> >  sending job 'root at penguin+512' to nero at localhost
> >  connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
> >  connected to 'localhost'
> >  requesting printer nero at localhost
> >  sending control file 'cfA512penguin.futuremetals.com' to
> > nero at localhost
> >  error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending file
> > 'cfA512penguin.futuremetals.com' to nero at localhost
> >  job 'root at penguin+512' transfer to nero at localhost failed
> >
> > I know the networking is good, b/c I telnet to port 9100 on the
> > printer, typed this is a test, then hit [ctrl] [l] to put out a form
> > feed, and that worked. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!
> > Below is a copy of my /etc/printcap
> > nero:\
> >  :lp=nero%9100\
> >  :of=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp\
> >  :if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp\
> >  :sd=/var/spool/lpd/nero\
> >  :sh:sf
> >
> > PS: I've already run checkpc.
> >