hi i just setup samba on my home network, and my windows box has a printer attached to it, and im trying to print with it from my linux box. i type cat $1 |lpr -b -Pepson to print, and printer raw in printcap has the following entry epson:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/epson/acct:\ :if=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbprint:\ :mx=0:\ :lp=/dev/null: once i try ptinting, i get lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. regardless of the fact whether lpd is running or not. if i try to print and then envoke lpd, i get the following in the syslog Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor lpd[15606]: restarting epson Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor last message repeated 3 times Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor lpd[15606]: epson: job could not be printed (cfA004mordor) Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor lpd[15606]: restarting epson Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor last message repeated 3 times Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor lpd[15606]: epson: job could not be printed (cfA005mordor) Sep 27 12:24:22 mordor modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6 how confused am i?.. should there be lpd running? i did everything from smb-howto on printing, and nothing works. thanks for any help -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq