From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 17:43: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil (shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil [141.190.102.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBA537B4E5 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:42:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil (8.10.1/8.10.1) id eA21h6W06222; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:43:06 -1000 From: Gary Dunn Reply-To: gdunn@mac.com To: Tim McMillen , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with printcap file Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:00:29 -1000 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00110115430600.06143@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to set up printing from my FreeBSD 4.1.1 Release box. [snip] > Currently the local address of the printer is 192.168.1.100. By > telneting to it I find: > HP JetDirect > Please type "?" for HELP, or "/" for current settings > > / > ===JetDirect Telnet Configuration=== > Firmware Rev. : G.07.20 > MAC Address : 00:10:83:77:c1:17 > Config By : DHCP > > IP Address : 192.168.1.100 > Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 > Default Gateway : 192.168.1.1 > Syslog Server : Not Specified > Idle Timeout : 90 Seconds > Set Cmnty Name : Not Specified > Host Name : NPI77C117 > > And here's what I tried in the printcap file: > hplj2100:|text|hewlett packard laserjet 2100m:\ > :lp=:rm=NPI77C117:rp=hplj2100:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/hplj2100: > > I know that's not right since: > %lp -d hplj2100 ./foo > (no output from printer, but I do see lights on the hub blink) > > but is it in the spool? Files do appear in the spool directory > %lpq > lpq: printer not found > %lpq hplj2100 > lpq: printer not found > %lpq text > lpq: printer not found > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I tried reading the termcap and > printcap man pages but they were confusing too. I bet this is really > simple once you understand it but I'm pretty confused by the instructions > because they mostly seem to apply to a printer attached to host computer. It's a drill to get through, but it works great. First, to name a printer use -P (capital p) as in lpr -Ptext and lpq -Ptext. See man lpr. I recommend static IPs for printers, but if DHCP is working for you then no need to change it, and the fact that your printer has an IP address (I assume it is sane) suggests that DHCP is working. In printcap, put the name of the printer in the rm field and the queue in the rp field. Originally rm (remote) was a computer and rp (remote printer) a printer on the computer connected by a serial cable. Now, things have slid down a spot, with laser printers acting like remote computers - who would have dreamed of tcp/ip in a printer? So the queue is sort of fake, there is only "one" in the printer. Different printers use different syntax. Tektronix uses different queues to help differential text jobs from postscript. Whatever it is, it is necessary. You must use the value specified in your printer's documentation. I set up my printers real dumb. I make an entry in /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers. Here are some entries from my system. I've fiddled a bit with them to make things clear (heh). Notice the different values for rp. from /etc/ethers: 00:10:83:57:33:50 masha 00:60:b0:73:17:34 p2003 00:60:b0:77:a1:f5 godzilla from /etc/hosts (real IP address disguised): xxx.yyy.zzz.225 godzilla xxx.yyy.zzz.224 masha xxx.yyy.zzz.223 p2003 When these are correct you can ping the printer by it's /etc/hosts name. And here are the matching /etc/printcap entries: masha|Tektronix 780-3:\ :lp=:\ :mx#0:\ :rm=masha:\ :rp=PS:\ :sf:\ :lf=/var/log/masha.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/masha: godzilla|HP DeskJet 755 Color Printer, raw mode:\ :lp=:\ :mx#0:\ :rm=godzilla:\ :rp=raw:\ :sf:\ :lf=/var/log/dj755_raw.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/dj755_raw: 20031slj4si|p2003:\ :lp=:\ :mx#0:\ :rm=p2003:\ :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :sh:\ :sf:\ :lf=/var/log/p2003.log:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/p2003: -- == Gary Dunn == Honolulu == Open Slate Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message