Hi all,

I'm running Slackware 9, and I'm trying to get my HP Laserjet 5M
working either via network or parallel.

I generally run Fluxbox, but I went into KDE and ran the GUI Printer
config to setup the printer via network. All went through fine, but
no test page.

So... back in Fluxbox, I removed /etc/printcap and removed the CUPS
file for the printer (in /etc/cups/ppd). Now I ran apsfilter and went
through the setup process for Parallel (/dev/lp0). Test page printed
great, but I'm getting:

Printer 'lp_comproom@localhost' - cannot open connection - No such
file or directory
Make sure the remote host supports the LPD protocol

I was getting the same thing with CUPS when configured to work via
network. Printer does work, and in Red Hat 9 all was dandy... but now
that I'm in Slackware, won't go.

Here's /etc/printcap:

lp_comproom|lj5mono;r=600x600;q=medium;c=gray;p=le tter;m=auto:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp_comproom:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp_comproom/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp_comproom/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:

lsmod does have 'lp' running:
lp 6752 0 (autoclean)

And /proc/devices has '6 lp' listed.

After reading other folks posts, I verified that /usr/bin/lpr is
pointing to lpr-lprng instead of cups:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 24 11:36 lpr ->
lpr-lprng*

So, what do I try next?
I tried lpc reread and everything.

Thanks for any advice...

Alex.