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Date: Sun 09-Nov-1991 01:59:42 From: lbrahman@diana.cair.du.edu (LANS BRAHMANTYO) Subject: Printer Error ANYBODY KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE MESSAGE: PRINT ERROR: COULD NOT CONNECT TO PRINTER DAEMON? HOW TO FIX THIS? THIS HAPPENS ON ALL MACHINES ON OUR NEXT NETWORK. THANKS.
Date: Sun 09-Nov-1991 02:55:39 From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Subject: Re: Printer Error In article <1991Nov9.015942.5321@mercury.cair.du.edu> lbrahman@diana.cair.du.edu (LANS BRAHMANTYO) writes: >ANYBODY KNOW WHAT CAUSES THE MESSAGE: PRINT ERROR: COULD NOT CONNECT TO >PRINTER DAEMON? >HOW TO FIX THIS? THIS HAPPENS ON ALL MACHINES ON OUR NEXT NETWORK. >THANKS. Gee, could it be the printing application couldn't connect to the printer daemon? :-) It's just that easy. To fix it, kill /usr/lib/lpd, and fire up /usr/lib/NextPrinter/npd, then /usr/lib/lpd. You need the NeXTprinter stuff on any NeXT that will print to a NeXT printer, whether that printer is connected to the NeXT directly or not. ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (NeXT)/matthews@umdd (bitnet) ------ "The chain which can be yanked is not the eternal chain." -- G. Fitch

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