From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 04:00:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264EC16A4D0 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D19A643D2F for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j2640ak9084074 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:36 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j2640aS6084064; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:36 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:36 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200503060400.j2640aS6084064@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332AD16A4D0 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ylpvm29.prodigy.net (ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C5743D2F for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 04:00:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mbsd@pacbell.net) Received: from antec.home (adsl-64-168-24-254.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.168.24.254])j263xdRt010021 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 22:59:39 -0500 Message-Id: <20050305195819.A693@antec.home> Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:00:00 -0800 (PST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/78480: Networked printer setup unnecessarily complex in handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 04:00:37 -0000 >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=@: 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: