SAMPLE CONFIGURATION: LPD Config
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Houston#show run
Building configuration...

Current configuration:
!
version 11.0
service tcp-small-servers
!
hostname Houston
!
enable secret 5 $1$MHmq$fmcg8MOydxlo99BZdeiKy0
!
no ip domain-lookup
!
interface E 0
shutdown
!
interface Serial0
 ip address 100.16.1.8 255.255.255.0
 encapsulation frame-relay
 frame-relay lmi-type ansi
 frame-relay map ip 100.16.1.1 100 broadcast tcp header-compression passive
!
 interface Serial1
 no ip address
 shutdown
!
router igrp 1
 network 100.16.0.0
!
printer houbl line 8   <<-------|  
printer houwp line 7   <<-------|
!                               |-------- You need these
line 7 8                        |
 no exec               <<-------|
 terminal download  <<-------|  not really necessary, but good to know
 no vacant-message
 telnet transparent   <<-------| optional
 transport input all
 stopbits 1   <<-------| optional   
 rxspeed 19200  <<-------|
 txspeed 19200  <<-------|
 flowcontrol hardware <<-|__________These commands must match your printer's
!                                   capability.
end

Houston#

Check the above router config first. If it did NOT work then consider modifying the LPD:
On the LPD host, check qconfig.conf file in /etc/....
change
  • l.statfilter... to BSDlong
  • s.statfilter... to BSDshort
    Go to the printcap file and change the proter name.
    etc/printcap file
    remove:houston replace it with:houbl
    remove:houston replace it with:houwp