Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:49:49 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Tim Erlin <tim@firstinitiallastname.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: print server Message-ID: <20020417224707.V477-100000@small.pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <20020417080938.Y5960-100000@fw.firstinitiallastname.com>
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Tim Erlin wrote: > Check out /etc/hosts.lpd Indeed, I only had to put in the IP of my Win2k box and lp was found by Windows' printer setup. Uli. > > --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 > > > > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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