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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:54:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>,
	"Defryn, Guy" <G.P.Defryn@massey.ac.nz>,
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Subject: Re: print server
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> As Tim mentioned, the W2K machine has to be in /etc/hosts.lpd, and of
> course you have to have lpd running (lpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf,
> or you can start it manually as root).
>
> I haven't used lpr from W2K, I just created an lpr "port" for the
> printer driver and had it use that port.
You don't have to actually type lpr (as I found out 2 minutes
ago). Windows will find the network printer lp automagically.

Uli.

>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
>
>

*-----------------------------------*
*        Peter Ulrich Kruppa        *
*          -  Wuppertal -           *
*              Germany              *
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