From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 04:07:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95C5C16A4D0 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 04:07:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4720043DA8 for ; Sun, 15 May 2005 04:07:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C917B5641F; Sun, 15 May 2005 16:07:48 +1200 (NZST) Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 16:07:48 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Mikko Ty?l?j?rvi Message-ID: <20050515040748.GA8982@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20050514225205.76491.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com> <20050514230332.GA8120@osiris.chen.org.nz> <20050514161800.V734@antec.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050514161800.V734@antec.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote Printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 04:07:50 -0000 On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 04:20:32PM -0700, Mikko Ty?l?j?rvi wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2005, Jonathan Chen wrote: [...] > >>Can anyone direct me in the right direction? > > > >Uncomment/Tweak the following in your /etc/printcap: > > > > remote|sample remote printer:\ > > :sh:\ > > :rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs > > > > The print server emulator in HP JetDirect tends to be single threaded, > and so does not respond to requests like "lpq" while printing, which is > why I prefer the method in my previous mail (configuring the printer > as "local" with "lp=@". Queueing is then handled locally). Cool. Thanks for the tip. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen | To do is to be -- Nietzsche | To be is to do -- Sartre | Scooby do be do -- Scooby