Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:20:00 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: ajphanks@comcast.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work Message-ID: <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> References: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net>
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:36:42PM +0000, ajphanks@comcast.net wrote: > I am trying to setup a Lanier LD160c (admincolor) that has a network interface. I am new to FreeBSD and tried to follow the handbook. I am able to print to a HP 5SI (corp-admin) with no problems. There are no errors in the lpd-errs and the file is drained from the queue, but the printer does not print anything. And this is a working printer to Windows. > lpr -P admincolor testfile.txt > > printcap: > corp-admin|hp|laserjet|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5Si:\ > :lp=\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/corp-admin:rm=corp-admin:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/crlfilter:sh:tr=\f:mx#0: > > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\ > :lp=\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: 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:\ :lp=192.168.1.100\ :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: I think this also makes the assumption that the printer knows how to speak the LPR protocol. If it listens on a custom port, you can use portnumber@ipaddress instead. See the printcap(5) man page, I guess. P.S. -- I've never done this, it's just something I remember from old days. :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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