Printing problem

[Martin Laberge]

On Saturday 27 September 2008 18:09:03 Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
> I have an HP LaserJet 1020 which I want to use for several computers. I
> have it attached to a print server on my network. I can ping the print
> server just fine, and I installed it using CUPS. When I try to print a
> test page I get this error:
> 
> Unable to write print data: Broken pipe
> 
> I Googled this error, but so far all I have found is a lot of other
> people who got it, but not much in the way of solutions. Any idea where
> I can go with this next?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Kevin B. O'Brien         TANSTAAFL
> nadreck at palain.com      Linux User #333216
> 

configure your print-server to accept LPD jobs
and then configure cups to print on the remote LPD server

as simple as that. 
(tested with many bizars (and not so bizars) print servers, with success)


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Martin Laberge
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