> I traded some stuff with someone on the list (bad with names, sorry) and > got a Lexmark Print Server. so this is just one of the little idiot-boxes that has a parallel port on one side and ethernet on the other? > Debugging shows printing going OK, and then getting stuck in the queue. > > The other Linux boxes are, of course, debian, using plain-ol' lpd. > > Anyone have any ideas? make one of the working boxes your print server, and have it spool for the Lexmark box? > (note: the only reason I need this machine to be able to print is because > it's the only Linux box that is ALWAYS up, hmmm. so why do you take down the other machines? > and I want to cron a printjob > at like 4am every day to keep the @#($& inkjet nozzles from drying! So I > don't care about print quality or anything). personally, my solution to this was to get rid of the printer, and just not print anything. truth be told, I don't miss it most of the time. I only *really* need to print something maybe twice a year (at the most); and so I just print it at work. Carl Soderstrom. -- Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com