From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 14 23:20:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0AE16A4CE for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 23:20:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm12.prodigy.net (ylpvm12-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C2743D78 for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 23:20:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mbsd@pacbell.net) Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (pimout6-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.78])j4ENKkeg004278 for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 19:20:46 -0400 X-ORBL: [66.126.169.252] Received: from antec.home (adsl-66-126-169-252.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [66.126.169.252])j4ENKZ37064282; Sat, 14 May 2005 19:20:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 16:20:32 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= X-X-Sender: mikko@antec.home To: Jonathan Chen In-Reply-To: <20050514230332.GA8120@osiris.chen.org.nz> Message-ID: <20050514161800.V734@antec.home> References: <20050514225205.76491.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com> <20050514230332.GA8120@osiris.chen.org.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: ya hoo cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote Printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 23:20:50 -0000 On Sun, 15 May 2005, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:52:05PM -0700, ya hoo wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I been reading FreeBSd docs on remote pritning. >> It mostly talks about setting up a local printer. >> In which case, I could care less about since I want to >> print to my HP Jetdirect print server. >> Mainly, I really don't want to install CUPS. I would >> just like to use the default lp that comes with >> FreeBSD. >> Can anyone direct me in the right direction? > > Uncomment/Tweak the following in your /etc/printcap: > > remote|sample remote printer:\ > :sh:\ > :rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs > The print server emulator in HP JetDirect tends to be single threaded, and so does not respond to requests like "lpq" while printing, which is why I prefer the method in my previous mail (configuring the printer as "local" with "lp=@". Queueing is then handled locally). $.02, /Mikko > Make sure the spool directory exists, create if not there. For your > installation you don't need an if= attribute. Make sure lpd is > running, enable within /etc/rc.conf. > > lpd_enable="YES" # Run the line printer daemon. > > Cheers. > -- > Jonathan Chen > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "You can get farther with a kind word and a gun > than you can with a kind word alone" - Al Capone > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >