From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 11 05:48:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA23161 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 05:48:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from relay.ucb.crimea.ua (relay.ucb.crimea.ua [194.93.177.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA23072 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 05:47:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@relay.ucb.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by relay.ucb.crimea.ua (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01605; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:46:09 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru) From: Ruslan Ermilov Message-Id: <199711111346.PAA01605@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> Subject: Re: Intel Netport Express Print Server In-Reply-To: <3467565C.AD12336C@performtech.com> from Eric Whitener at "Nov 10, 97 01:45:48 pm" To: ewhitenr@performtech.com Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:46:09 +0200 (EET) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-My-Interests: Unix,Oracle,Networking X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Once Eric Whitener wrote: > I am trying to get our FreeBSD box to print to a printer on an Intel > NetportExpress PRO/100 Print Server. Has anybody done this? Can anyone > tell me how to do this? 1) Configure `TCP/IP Print Server' on your Netport XL and assign different ip addresses to each printer you wish to print to. 2) Describe remote printer in your /etc/printcap file. I use this one to print on Epson DFX-8000 connected to lpt1 of Netport XL: *************************************************************************** * dfx|Epson DFX-8000:\ * * :rm=dfx.netport1:sd=/var/spool/output/dfx:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ * * :rp=TEXT:sf:sb: * *************************************************************************** rm - is the machine name for remote printer. You can specify either ip address or hostname here. In my case I use `dfx.netport1' - the ip address assigned to my Epson DFX-8000. rp - is the remote printer name. As stated in the `Netport Express XL & EL Print Servers Release Notes for Version 3.20' (file readme.wri) it should be TEXT for text jobs and PASSTHRU for binary data. This is important. If you didn't specify a correct remote printer name then netport will refuse to print. Regards, -- Ruslan A. Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN