Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:01:41 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: connect to a network printer to be able to print Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302281059120.66100@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302280809010.95994@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <CAJ5UdcP-7_7i8kN_S2i4dG-k6--jFdxPizZG07AuE5aRxwJmsA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302271815060.95994@mail.fig.ol.no> <CAJ5UdcP2WAapWAiGc7TarZfaJAa4juTZcXoRjgn2jsfyFLpJXw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302280809010.95994@mail.fig.ol.no>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2055831798-1227097059-1362035866=:95994 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302281059122.66100@wonkity.com> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Trond Endrestøl wrote: > The rm (remote machine) property in /etc/printcap should be changed to > 10.155.135.3, i.e. > > :rm=10.155.135.3:\ > > Then it's simply a matter of restarting lpd, i.e. > /etc/rc.d/lpd restart > > If you're lucky, your first print job should appear as hardcopy. lpd(8) really wants DNS to be working. I forget the exact symptoms, but using raw IP addresses does not always work. It's not clear why just adding an entry to /etc/hosts is not possible, but that or an entry in the DNS server is generally the best way. --2055831798-1227097059-1362035866=:95994--
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