Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:15:18 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: lpd remote printing Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEHAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200410040143.i941hcEE091553@whoweb.com>
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You need to define a printcap entry on .1 that does no processing, then do the print processing on the .2 system (apsfilter) and send the binary result to the "no-processing" queue on the .1 system. I don't know what your sending from .2 to .1, probably raw postscript - which in my experience is usually misinterpreted when it's not processed on the machine it's generated on. I know that in theory you should be able to send postscript jobs from any bsd or even windows systems to a central server that converts the postscript to whatever binary-speak that the HP1300 uses - but in practice I've never got this to work 100% all the time. Ted > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Incoming Mail > List > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:44 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: lpd remote printing > > > > I have two FreeBSD v5.2.1 systems and a Windows XP system. The first FBSD > system (192.168.1.1) is acting as the print server and using apsfilter as > the filtering software. The Windows XP box prints to the .1 > system through > SAMBA. Both the FBSD .1 server and the Windows box print fine. Text is > good, images are good, everything is good. > > The problem I'm having is with printing from the second FBSD system which > I'll identify as 192.168.1.2. The FBSD .2 system is sending print jobs to > the FBSD .1 system using remote lpd printing. The jobs are > making it to the > remote FBSD system (192.168.1.1), but the text and images are about 50% > larger than what is printed from the FBSD .1 system itself, or the windows > XP system. > > Can anyone help me resolve this problem? My printcap entries are > as follows: > > 192.168.1.1 PRINTCAP ENTRY (the FBSD print server) > -------------------------------------------------- > HP1300|PS;r=600x600;q=medium;c=full;p=letter;m=auto:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP1300:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/HP1300/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/HP1300/acct:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > > 192.168.1.2 PRINTCAP ENTRY (the other FBSD machine) > --------------------------------------------------- > HP1300:lp=:rm=192.168.1.1:rp=HP1300:sd=/var/spool/lpd/qdir > > > By the way, the HP1300 is the only printer attached to the FBSD .1 machine > and there are no other printers on either of the other systems. > > Jon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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