Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tim@firstinitiallastname.com> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: print server Message-ID: <20020417080938.Y5960-100000@fw.firstinitiallastname.com> In-Reply-To: <20020417165201.A477-100000@small.pukruppa.de>
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Check out /etc/hosts.lpd --Tim On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > > > On Wednesday 17 April 2002 01:45 am, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > | On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote: > > | > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Defryn, Guy wrote: > > | > > At the moment all our printers our network printers and they run on > > | > > 2000 server . > > | > > > > | > > I want to setup all the HP printers on Freebsd. All our users are on > > | > > windows machines. > > | > > > | > People have been recommending Samba and various sorts of print filters, > > | > but you may not need that level of complexity. The "serious" branch of > > | > Windows (NT) can send lpr print jobs. Attach the printers to your > > | > FreeBSD machine. Define the queues in /etc/printcap. Install the > > | > various drivers on the Windows machines, and set them to print to an lpr > > | > "port" which is really the FreeBSD print queue. > > | > > | But you would still need samba - wouldn't you? > > > > Windows understands IP, and per this post, it understands lpr as well, so why > > would you? > Sounds ok, I only never thought or heard about it. > > So I tried to print from my Win2k to my FreeBSD machine by > > C:> lpr -S small -P lp hello.txt > > but received an error saying, that my print server did not accept > the request (please do excuse my translation: my Win2k speaks > German). > > Do I have to allow print requests somewhere? > > > Uli. > > > *-----------------------------------* > * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * > * - Wuppertal - * > * Germany * > *-----------------------------------* > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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