Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:18:13 -0800 From: Michael Collette <metrol@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: apfilter printing to samba Message-ID: <01012516181300.01319@met_bsd.priv.metrol.net>
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Howdy,
I've got an HP697C hooked up to an NT Workstation all shared out to the
network that I'd like to get FreeBSD printing to. I ran through that port
install (which was like watching a make world) and also ran the SETUP script
for apsfilter.
The good news is, during the SETUP it was able to do the test printing with
little trouble. I connected through the NT and out to the printer perfectly.
Once all that finished up I ran the "lpc restart all" per the instructions.
Heck, I even rebooted just in case. The problem I'm having is that I still
can't get any regular apps to print.
If I go and run the apsfilter binary I get the following error.
rm: No such file or directory
apsfilter: can't determine the lpd spool directory
apsfilter: Please fix your lpd or stop printing to remote printers
apsfilter: directly.
This is what is presently in my printcap file, which is what I assumed
apsfilter was supposed to alter for me.
lp|local line printer:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
:af=/var/spool/output/acctlpd
I added the :af line manually due to one how-to I was reading that said it
should have an accounting file. I haven't a clue what this means, but in the
interest of getting it working I guessed that it had something to do with
logging information. I also created that "acctlpd" file with wide open
permissions.
Lastly, once I actually do get all this stuff tweaked in, do I just tell my
apps to print to lpr? Do I need to create a device that points to the Samba
share? The docs seemed awfully vague on this point, and I'm just very
confused as to what all I did wrong.
Later on,
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