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Ron Clarke wrote:
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> BasicLinux lpr.info lpd[49]: BasicLinux requests printjob lp

This is good.

> BasicLinux lpr.warn lpd[49]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA031BasicLinux)

This is bad.  A fatal error.  Rather vague -- I wish lpd 
was a bit more forthcoming about why it could not be printed.
Perhaps you might get more if you removed the -q from the
gs filter file ?  BTW have you tried bypassing lpd by 
filtering (as root) direct to /dev/lp0 ?
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deskjet.filter < filename.ps > /dev/lp0
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If that works, then the problem is in the lpd/lpr setup.

If it's lpd/lpr, it could be some kind of permission problem
(that includes executability).  Not just files, could be a
directory.  

I get that same error myself when I run lpr from root.
I do my printing from user ichi, so ichi owns the filter 
script.  If I try to print a .ps from root, it fails.
I then switch to user ichi and it works.

Whether this is some sort of security feature (because 
lpd is a network server) or is a result of the hamfisted 
way I configured lpd/lpr, I don't know.

Cheers,
Steven