Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:08 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work Message-ID: <200810232359.08739.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <20081024052257.GA5231@icarus.home.lan> References: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> <200810232142.41941.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> <20081024052257.GA5231@icarus.home.lan>
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El Jue 23 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribi=F3: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 09:42:41PM -0700, Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanche= z=20 wrote: > > El Jue 16 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribi=F3: > > > > > > If this printer is hooked up on the network (e.g. via Ethernet), I > > > believe you need to set the lp variable to the hostname or IP address > > > of the printer, e.g.: > > > > > > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\ > > > > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:lp=3D192.168.1.100\ > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:sd=3D/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=3Dadmincolor:\ > > > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > Negative, leave the lp capability blank, explicitly (:lp=3D:). > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-adva= nc > >ed.html#PRINTING-ADVANCED-NETWORK-RM > > Then the printcap(5) man page should reflect this; the existing > explanations for both fields are painfully terse. > > lp str /dev/lp device name to open for > output, or port@machine to > open a TCP socket > rm str NULL machine name for remote > printer > > I can file a PR (to doc) on this if recommended. if you are printing to a remote LPD system, you should use: :lp=3D:\ :rm=3Dhostname-or-ip:\ :rp=3Dprinter-name:\ If you use lp=3Dport@machine, then you should not use rp and rm, but in the= port=20 of the machine should be a program that undestand LPD/LPR protocol. The printcap(5) man page has a section "REMOTE PRINTING". maps
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