Adding mgetty fax to printcap

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I am having a problem adding an entry to /etc/printcap for a fax printer.
I am attempting to follow the directions given in /usr/doc/samba/Faxing.txt, which
uses mgetty+sendfax.  If I use the original /etc/printcap generated by my distribution
(Debian 2.0.34), everything works fine and lpstat -o returns with:
        printer lp@ionsvr online. enabled since ....

When I add an entry to printcap and run lpstat -o I get:
        printer lp@myname online.  enabled since...
        printer faxlp@myname online.  enabled since...

When I then run lpc reread and then run lpstat -o I get:
        printer lp@myname online.  enabled since...
Without the 'faxlp' printer that should be there.

Now, if I reboot the linux box with this altered printcap file and run
lpstat -o I get:
        Host 'localhost' - cannot open connection to 'lp@localhost' - 
connection refused
        Host 'localhost' - cannot open connection to 'faxlp@localhost' - 
connection refused
And, any file I attempt to send to the fax via Samba indicates it can't find faxlp@localhost.

The printcap entry I'm attempting to add is:
faxlp|Fax Server
   :lp=/dev/null
   :sd=/var/spool/fax
   :if=/etc/mgetty/faxfilter
   :sh
   :sf
   :mx#0
   :lf=/var/log/fax-log

And the smb.conf entry reads:
[fax]
    comment = Fax Server
    path = /tmp
    printable = yes
    public = yes
    writable = no
    create mode = 0700
    browseable = yes
   
What (probably perfectly obvious) thing am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help!
Teri
tcray@speedchoice.com