lpq -Php4, connection to host is down

[Dale E. Moore]

Dear Anybody within hearing;

Any insight at all is very much appreciated! I wonder how I can figure out where an old Mandrake lpr is failing to connect to a new Ubuntu cups? Is this even possible?

Scratching my head looking confused,
Dale E. Moore

> Howdy Y'all;
>
> I can't seem to figure out how to print from my old Mandrake Linux PC (Linux Mandrake release 6.0 Linux netserver.medsamerica.com 2.2.9-19mdk #1 Wed May 19 19:53:00 GMT 1999 i586 unknown) to my spanking new Ubuntu Linux PC (Ubuntu 7.04 Linux Michelle 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 19:50:39 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux)
>
> # lpr -Php4 bua.sh
>
> /var/log/messages shows:
> Oct 25 20:59:49 netserver lpd[24165]: lp: no filter found in printcap for format character 'd'
> Oct 25 20:59:49 netserver lpd[24165]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA761AJPMBYC)
>
> [root at netserver ~]# lpq -Php4
> netserver.medsamerica.com : waiting for michelle to come up
> Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
> 1st    root       0    bua.sh                                389 bytes
> connection to michelle is down
>
> /etc/printcap contains:
> hp4|hp4|Remote HP4 printer on michelle: \
>         :sd=/tmp/hp4:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :rm=michelle:\
>         :rp=HP4:
>
> I set cupsd.conf to log debug2 and I got no more information. I "Set Allowed Users" via http://localhost:631 but that hasn't helped. And I can't find any detailed indication on PC Michelle of why she's refusing PC NetServer's advances.
>
> Any suggestions you have are much appreciated,
> Dale E. Moore
>