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Hi,

I'm testing to see if I can print from a client to a print server.
I set up a dt terminal as printer. On the server itself I can print
without any problem. Now if I print it from a client nothing appears
on the server. With snoop I notice some exchange of packets between
client and server by PRINTER on port 1023 but no files get created  in
/var/spool/lp/tmp/hostname_of_the_client directory. And of course I dont

see any output on the server screen. I get the following output on the
client.

# lpstat -t
scheduler is running
system default destination: printer_name
system for test1: printserver_hostname
test1 accepting requests since Mar 13 15:42 2001
printer printer_name unknown state. enabled since Mar 13 15:42 2001.
available.
test1-20               mail!root           605   Mar 13 15:42
test1-23               mail!root           605   Mar 13 15:42
test1-24               mail!root           605   Mar 13 15:42
test1-25               mail!root           605   Mar 13 15:42
test1-26               mail!root           605   Mar 13 15:42
test1-27            .........

I would appreciate verymuch if anyone can shed some light on it.

BTW, the client is running Solaris 7 and the Server is running Solaris 8

thanks in advance,

Kamrul

On the print server, make sure the tcp listeners are not running:

  pmadm -l -p tcp

If you see any services listed, you'll need to delete them:

  pmadm -r -p tcp -s lp
  pmadm -r -p tcp -s lpd
  pmadm -r -p tcp -s 0

You might need to restart inetd (kill -HUP pid-of-inetd) to let it
re-attach to the printing service port (515).

That's the most likely reason why your print client is unable to
transfer the print jobs to the print server.  The print server is
running the obsolete tcp listeners.  (they are no longer used as
of Solaris 2.6)

Also make sure the "printer" line in your /etc/inet/inetd.conf file
is not commented out.

  -Greg
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