Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:38:26 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: ccba <ccba@mindspring.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PostScript LAN Printer problem part 2 Message-ID: <00022611394704.05869@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <38B7FCB4.9557FDFD@mindspring.com> References: <38B7FCB4.9557FDFD@mindspring.com>
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, ccba wrote: > Hello: > > The LaserWriter IIg is connected to a hub via a UTP cable. > > My FreeBSD machine is also connected to the hub via a UTP cable. > > My mac is connected to the hub and it prints to the IIg perfectly. > > The purpose for this wire up is for both the Mac and the FreeBSD to > share the > same printer. > > phil wong > > > Walter Brameld wrote: > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, ccba > wrote: > > > Hello: > > > > > > I setup my /etc/printcap file with the following as its first > line: > > > > > > rlp|Remote Printer:\ > > > > > > > :rm=LaserWriter-IIg:sd=/var/spool/output/LaserWriter-IIg:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > > > > > > When I type this > > > > > > lpr -Prlp /etc/printcap > > > > > > I got this > > > > > > Feb 26 06:48:18 myname lpd[369]:unalbe to get address list > for > > > remote machine > > > LaserWriter-IIg: Host name lookup failure > > > > > > question: > > > > > > Where should I enter the printer's address ?? > > > > > > BTW, how do you get the ethernet address of this printer ?? > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > phil wong > > > > > > still trying to print after three weeks of FreeBSD use :-(( > > > Thank goodness Ben Smithurst came to your rescue as you went way beyond what I know of this. 8-) -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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