From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 25 08:34:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA17367 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:34:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sos.state.il.us (sos.state.il.us [199.15.1.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA17344 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:34:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccgate.sos.state.il.us (ccgate.sos.state.il.us [199.15.1.5]) by sos.state.il.us (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA08890 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:58:27 -0500 Received: from ccMail by ccgate.sos.state.il.us (SMTPLINK V2.10.08) id AA830454042; Thu, 25 Apr 96 10:32:01 CST Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 10:32:01 CST From: "Terry Woods" Message-Id: <9603258304.AA830454042@ccgate.sos.state.il.us> To: questions@FreeBSd.org Subject: Re: Net connected printer Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: Re: Net connected printer Author: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) at SOS08410 Date: 4/25/96 10:23 AM In a previous message, Terry Woods said: >> >> >> I have a network Lexmark 4029 using a HP Jetdirect >interface. >> What dev (lp=) should I use in the printcap >The HP JetDirect card is not a lpd server. You need software from HP >to talk to it. As far as I know that software is available for >HP/UX, SunOS and Solaris. It works quite well. >The JetDirect does talk appletalk and (I think) Novell, directly. >Paul. Can I handle this printer as described in FreeBSD handbook under the heading "Printers with Networked Data Stream Interfaces" Terry