[unix-pc.general] another problem with the lp command

donlash@uncle.UUCP (Donald Lashomb) (02/22/90)

In article <2477@ttardis.UUCP= rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) writes:
=A problem I occasionaly experience is that:
=
=	lp filename
=
=fails to queue the print job - no error message or any thing
[.....]
=	lp <filename
=
=has yet to fail.
[ ... reboot helps ... ]

The "classic" answer to this is permissions, ie the file must be readable
by world for lp to print it.  But I don't see how rebooting would help.

-Don