Printcap + remote printing

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###BEGIN apsfilter: ### remote 172.17.128.240 GT remote ###
# Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels!
# apsfilter setup Tue Jan 2 13:15:32 SAST 2001
#
remote|lp1|172.17.128.240-GT-remote|172.17.128.240 GT:\
:lp=:\
:rm=172.17.128.240:\
:rp=GT:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/172.17.128.240-GT-remote:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/172.17.128.240-GT-remote/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/172.17.128.240-GT-remote/acct:\
:ar:bk:mx#0:\
:tr=:cl:sh:
#
### END apsfilter: ### remote 172.17.128.240 GT remote ###

My printcap looks like the above
yet when i try to p rint i get the following error
>lpr -P remote printcap

lpr: connect: No such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.

I have in /var/spool/lpd & /lp1
following

.seq 172.16.132.176-GT-remote 172.17.128.240-GT-remote lock status

PLEASE HELP
I AM RUNNING SUSE 7.1

THANKS