Re: LPR from Mac to linux?


Subject: Re: LPR from Mac to linux?
From: Math Department (wagner@math.uh.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 17:08:58 MST


On 10/30/00 5:39 PM, R Shapiro at reshapiro@mediaone.net wrote:

> David Wagner writes:
>> Yes, it is very odd, but that is Apple for you.
>
> Well, changing the computer name changes the error but doesn't make
> printing work. Now I'm getting the lpd error "protocol screwup" in
> /var/log/messages.

Does the MacOS return an error? Can the Desktop Printer Utility
verify the printer? Unless you want to start zapping PRAM, rebuilding the
desktop, and deleting preference files, etc., you may have done as much as
you can on the MacOS end.

David Wagner



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