Printing problem - Linuxers

12 Oct 2001


      Hello,
I have recently re-installed Red Hat 7.1 on my machine.
Everything works fine, except for printing.  A HP
LaserJet 4550 Colour printer is connect to my machine, via parallel
port.  I also use a  remote laser printer (HP Laserjet 4050) for
printing.  However, after configuring the printers in the printtool, I
get the following error message, after saving the printing configuration
and restarting lpd, selecting a Test page for printing:
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Status Information:
 sending job 'root@sindhu+626' to lasercolour@localhost
 connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
 cannot open connection to localhost - Connection timed out
Make sure LPD server is running on the server
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Status Information:
 sending job 'root@sindhu+520' to laser4@localhost
 connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
 cannot open connection to localhost - Connection timed out
Make sure LPD server is running on the server
Status Information:
 sending job 'root@sindhu+560' to laser4@localhost
 connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
 cannot open connection to localhost - Connection timed out
Make sure LPD server is running on the server
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Any solutions?
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