printer gone beszerk

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Karl Agee wrote:

> FreeBSD 4.11-Stable.  My printer has gone beszerk.......and, I cant clear the 
> queue.
>
> Here is some output:
>
> bash-2.05b$ lpq -P hp
> Warning: unable to get address list for remote machine : No address 
> associated with hostname
> Warning: no daemon present
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    kdagee     0    (standard input)                      145143 bytes
> 2nd    kdagee     1    (standard input)                      74513 bytes
> 3rd    kdagee     2    (standard input)                      967543 bytes
> 4th    kdagee     3    (standard input)                      406428 bytes
> bash-2.05b$ lprm -
> lprm: getprintcap: printer not found
>
> bash-2.05b$ cat /etc/printcap
> # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> # /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
> # will be lost.
> hp|hp:rm=:rp=hp:
>
> This is a local printer on lp0.  I set it up using apsfilter, and I dont use 
> cups.

Your printcap disagrees with both of those sentences.  See the handbook 
chapter on printing for the way to do this.  If you have FreeBSD sources 
installed, /usr/src/etc/printcap should contain the sample file.  Pay 
particular attention to the lp, rm, and rp parameters.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA