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[THOMAS ADAM <1adamt71@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> THOMAS ADAM wrote:
> > 
> > > Output shows that ldp is running.
> > 
> > Ok, try a simple test......
> > 
> > create a short file of text, save it, and then try the
> > following:
> > 
> > cat ./name_of_file_with_text | lpr
> > 
> > See if that works,
> > 
> > Thomas Adam
> 
> Thomas & all,
> 
> I still get endless printed pages of odd character set 
output, so I
> abandoned printing again after trying this (IE, I turned 
the printer off
> again).  However, there were no error messages reported 
when I piped the
> cat output to the printer.  Somehow I have to clear the 
que first, but I
> can't seem to accomplish this.

Try sending a -HUP signal to the ldp daemon (as root):

ps aux | grep ldp

(you need the Process ID (PID) from this) and then use it 
in the following:

kill -HUP PID

you'll have to start the lpd after this....

Regards,

--Thomas Adam