<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.10.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> Problem 1: I used the article <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPPrinter> in an attempt to install a printer connected to an XP computer on the local network. The article does not suggest a response for the dialog, which requests the model of the printer and choice of driver. One would assume that the driver on the XP computer would suffice, however, I chose Brother DCP-1200 (the printer is DC--1000), thinking that it may not matter or that the two models may use the same driver. I cannot print using this set-up. "Uncheck 'enable bidirectional support'" checkbox is not available on this XP computer for some reason. Problem 2: To make matters worse, I downloaded dcp1000lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb and used the command: <PRE> sudo dpkg -i --force-all dcp1000lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb </PRE> Selecting previously deselected package dcp1000lpr. (Reading database ... 96935 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking dcp1000lpr (from dcp1000lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb) ... Setting up dcp1000lpr (1.1.2-1) ... mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/spool/lpd/DCP1000': No such file or directory chown: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/DCP1000': No such file or directory chgrp: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/DCP1000': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/DCP1000': No such file or directory /var/lib/dpkg/info/dcp1000lpr.postinst: line 4: /etc/init.d/lpd: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing dcp1000lpr (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: dcp1000lpr I have played with it for awhile, using dselect, apt-get, and Synaptic, but the recurring error message I am getting is: E: The package dcp1000lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. I cannot do any updates until this package installation is fixed. So, now I must humble myself and ask for help. I broke my system doing what should have been a simple task. </BODY> </HTML>