Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 18:25:07 +0800 From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Subject: FreeBSD 2.0.5 <-> IRIX 5.2/6.0.1 print queue Message-ID: <199506131025.SAA01741@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw>
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There is a departmental LaserJet 4P printer connected to an
Indigo^2 with the Impressario 1.2 drivers. Getting other Irises on
the network to talk to the printer is easy. I would like to configure
our multitude of FreeBSD 2.0.5 workstations to use that network
printer as well.
/etc/printcap on the FreeBSD machines has one entry:
hp4|iris4|Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4P:\
:lp=:rm=iris4:rp=hp4:sd=/var/spool/output/hp4:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
It doesn't complain when I print to "hp4", but lpq shows the job
is never actually spooled to the server, and I see:
IRIS4: /usr/etc/lpd: hp4: unknown printer
According to lpstat -d on iris4, "hp4" is a valid printer and the
IRIS Print Manager confirms this. The /etc/printcap on iris4 doesn't
list the hp4 though, so I'm not sure how it knows the default printer
is supposed to be the HP. Anyhow, the printed 4.3BSD Line Printer
Spooler Manual doesn't talk about this and I don't have anything more
recent on hand. IRIS Insight only mentions connecting the SGI to
other SGI's.
I'm aware of the traditional obstacle facing SysV-BSD printer
sharing, but never really investigated why this is so. Are there any
workable solutions now for connecting BSD boxes to a SysV print
server? The best I can do right now is a kludgy shell script that
replaces the /usr/bin/lp binary and basically pipes the file (or
stdin) to the print server via an rsh. As far as I'm concerned, this
is just a band-aid solution until I figure out a real one.
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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