Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 11:29:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Christopher D. Ginn" <raistln@ksu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970209112248.4185C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <v03007801af212a4df463@[129.130.66.39]>
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Christopher D. Ginn wrote: > I am currently running 2.1.6 and am trying to connect to a HP > Laserjet 3si over a network. The printer will allow me to telnet in and > will print out the text I send to it, but lpq gives a "Queue does not > exist", even though it still allows me to queue up the items. This is what > I have entered in /etc/printcap: So this printer has a JetDirect card in it? If so, then just submit the jobs directly to the printer to either 'lp' for PostScript/raster jobs or 'text' for flast ASCII text. > lp|oak|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 3Si:\ > :lp=/dev/null:rm=myhostname:rp=oak:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak: Try this: lp|oak|Hewlett Packard laserJet 3si:\ :lp=/dev/null:rm=HP's_IP_Address:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak: I use a replacement lpd called 'LPRng' that works very nicely for printing to arbitrary print queues. No printcap's required for non-local printers. You can find it at dickory.sdsu.edu:/pub/LPRng. I've made sure myself that it compiles under FreeBSD, with or without gmake. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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