Remote Printer Checklist

Check the following items for the host acting as the remote print server:

• Make sure that all client machines (foreign hosts) are listed in the /etc/hosts.lpd file.
• Make sure that the TCP/IP subsystem is running.
• Check for the existence of the /usr/spool/lpd directory.
• Make sure that the /etc/locks/lpd directory does not exist if the lpd daemon is not running.
• Make sure that both the lpd daemon and the qdaemon are running.
• Check the "Local Printer Checklist" .

Check the following items for hosts printing to a remote print server:

• Verify that the queue name and server name for the remote print server are correct in the /etc/qconfig file.
• Make sure that the TCP/IP subsystem is running.
• Make sure that the qdaemon daemon is running.