Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/78480: Networked printer setup unnecessarily complex in handbook Message-ID: <20050305195819.A693@antec.home> Resent-Message-ID: <200503060400.j2640aS6084064@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 78480 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Networked printer setup unnecessarily complex in handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 06 04:00:36 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mikko Tyolajarvi >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD sotec.home 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #28: Sat Mar 5 16:58:15 PST 2005 mikko@sotec.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SOTEC i386 >Description: Handbook section 9.4.3.2 "Printers with Networked Data Stream Interfaces" describes how to send data to a printer that listens to a TCP/IP port by using a filter script. A much simpler way is to specify :lp=<port>@<host>: in /etc/printcap, which will Just Work(tm), although the handbook claims there is no way to do this :-) The only gotcha is that the port has to be specified numerically; a service name (e.g. "jetdirect") will not work. This functionality has been around for at least five years, and is even mentioned in printcap(5). >How-To-Repeat: Read handbook. Read printcap(5). Note discrepancy. >Fix: Replace or augment the section with some text explaining that lp=port@host is sufficient in most cases, and that printers with a "JetDirect" interface tend to listen to port 9100. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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