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Date:      Thu, 16 May 1996 21:57:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        rg@gds.de (Richard Gresek)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: remote printers
Message-ID:  <199605170457.VAA07676@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605151908.TAA12909@gds.de> from Richard Gresek at "May 15, 96 07:10:03 pm"

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> I have tried to configure printers on our host for remote printig.
> 
> ns.gds.de (194.77.222.14) ist the printer-host 
> bfp2.bfp.de is the local machine that should use the network-printer
> 
> The printcaps of both of them are appended at the end of this mail.
> 
> Spooling on the local machine works fine but the print job is never 
> sent to the printer host. I alway get messages like 
> 'bfp2.bfp.de: waiting for queue to be enabled on ns.gds.de'
> or
> 'ns.gds.de: lpd: Your host does not have line printer access.'
> 
> Printing and spooling on ns.gds.de works.
> 
> Have I to tell the host which other hosts are allowed to use the 
> printer? Or what else is wrong here?

You need to add:
bfp2.bfp.de
to /etc/hosts.lpd on host ns.gds.de

> Thanks in advance
> Richard
...


-- 
Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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