Re: lpr: getconnection

"Taylor, ForrestX" <[email protected]> Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:37:57 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.guinness
Message-ID <[email protected]>
xiamei jiang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any idea about it? When I type 'lpr', this message appears:
> 
> ..getconnection: bad port number for LPD connection!
> check 'lpd-port' in configuration file, or the
> /etc/services file for a missing 'printer 515/tcp' entry - No such file or
> directory
> Printer '[email protected]' - cannot open connection -
> No such file or directory
> Make sure LPD server is running on the server

What does this command show?:

grep 515 /etc/services

What kind of printer do you have and how is it connected?

Forrest
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