no printing joy with Redhat 6.2

Subject: no printing joy with Redhat 6.2
From: Steve Maller (steve@maller.com)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 02:02:40 EDT

This may be a FAQ, but I can't seem to get printing working right
after upgrading to Redhat 6.2.

Thanks in advance!

When I print (even with something like ls | lpr), I get spewage like this:

Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo ofpap[2012]: starting for root
Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo ofpap[2012]: accounting with psa[2013]
Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo ofpap[2012]: sending to pap[2014]
Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo ofpap[2012]: straight text
Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo ofpap[2012]: 2014 died with 2
Jun 7 22:18:48 hippo lpd[2011]: lp: job could not be printed
(cfA007hippo.maller.com)

When I look in my error log as specified in /etc/printcap, I see this:

nbp_lookup: Cannot assign requested address
Didn't find initial page count!

Finally, I have a HP Laserjet 2100TN (a postscript printer), and here
is my /etc/printcap file:

lp|My Laserjet|My Laserjet:\
         :sd=/var/spool/lp:\
         :lp=/dev/null:\
         :pl#63:\
         :pw#85:\
         :mx#0:\
         :sh:\
         :sf:\
         :lf=/var/log/laserjet-errs:\
         :if=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ofpap:

I've tried (as per man psf) to change "ofpap" to "ofwmpap", but to no avail. 

-- 
Steve Maller
http://www.maller.com

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -
it's the size of the fight in the dog.
     -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958

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