Printer: raw@<hostname> - ERROR: spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on...

[Camille Dominique <camille.dominique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

Probably since an upgrade of lprng (I think 3.8.2 to 3.8.4, on debian
linux, woody), printing has for some reason stopped working.
I had apsfilter 7.2.1 before (worked perfectly, and took the problem as
an opportunity to upgrade to apsfilter 7.2.2. I followed the steps to 
generate a new printcap through apsfilter's SETUP, and managed to print
out the test page successfully.

now, (after having restarted lprng, of course), when I do a 'lpq -a',
this is what I get:

  Printer: lp - cannot get status from device '<NULL>'

'lpq' by itself gives:

  Printer: lp is raw@localhost
  Printer: raw@trinity - ERROR: spool queue for 'raw' does not exist on
	server trinity.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de
  non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f'
 
I ran checkpc without problems



I'm printing over the network to a real postscript printer with a
DirectJet interface, and my /etc/printcap looks like this:

************
# APS1_BEGIN:printer1
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
lp|PS;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\
    :lp=:\
    :rm=<here is my printer's ip>:\
    :rp=raw:\
    :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sh:
# APS1_END - don't delete this
************

I first thought about a permissions problem, but doing the 'lpq -a' as
root doesn't change anything.



I include an extract of the debian changelog for lprng.
Maybe it can help to find out where the problem is.

************
lprng (3.8.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Changed permissions of /var/run/lprng so non-root can get to it
    Closes: #129162,#129295

 -- Craig Small <csmall@eye-net.com.au>  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:43:23 +1100

lprng (3.8.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version
    - Now allows Unix socket access /var/run/lprng/socket
    - Also can shut down tcp/ip access using lpd_port = 0
    - t1:  file 'hfA877', age 24.57 hours > 24.00 hours maximum
      Closes: #125843
  * cron job now ignores missing pid file Closes: #127882
  * init script now has quiet cron Closes: #124284

 -- Craig Small <csmall@eye-net.com.au>  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:53:55 +1100
************

I'm stuck here - any hint what I could check next?
thanks
-- 
Camille