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Thanks Roberts. I will reinsert the export PRINTER=HPLaserJ5000 into bootlocal.sh.
Arin whois says the external ip is the Univ of North Carolina, which I guess is where the Ted help files live. Must take a while to get these over a slowish connection.
Since I haven't yet added a desktop firewall to DSL I still have a suspicion (inherited from years of stinkin' Windows) of connections being established without my knowledge. But Ted help files are fine. 
original here.