lpd goes to sleep after *every* print job???

[Peter Steele]

A problem has started recently which I can't figure out. For some
reason, each time a file is printed, lpd seems to forget to check
if there are more entries in the queue and I have to periodically
do a "lpc restart ion" to get things moving again, although it only
prints one job and then dies again. An lpq shows there are entries
in the queue, and also prints the message "Warning: no daemon present".
I have a real hack in place to handle this (a cron job that does a
"lpc res ion every minute"), but I don't want to keep this solution
in place obviously. Does anyone have any ideas what the problem
might be?

Here's another clue. If I print a file and wait for it to be printed,
then print another, and another, and so, each time waiting for the
previous job to print before queueing the new job, the jobs all print.
If I print several in a row, only the first one prints, and then none
after that....
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