From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 21:20:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC371065696 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1A38FC2A for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.44]) by QMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TUUw1a0010x6nqcA9ZL1mC; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:01 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA12.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TZL01a00F2P6wsM8YZL05f; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:01 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=10SHvqaCvoUA:10 a=svVtg53j9BwA:10 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=qrscLhdFlwkvElHXVvAA:9 a=p4NyhY7vvUMBsuwcobYA:7 a=hQiVGMJwaZojnkEJZSu9CpQoPmoA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=si9q_4b84H0A:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9D8D0C9432; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:20:00 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: ajphanks@comcast.net Message-ID: <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan> References: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:20:02 -0000 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 |