Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:53:50 -0500 From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> To: dave <dmehler22@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error printing to remote printer. Message-ID: <38CE7CAE.DEF47FBD@math.udel.edu> References: <000d01bf8ddc$3430d400$0400a8c0@davemehler.tzo.com>
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I didn't see your earlier thread, so here goes...
If the printer is a stand-alone network printer, then you don't need samba at
all. You just need an entry similar to the following in your printcap file:
lp:\
:sh:\
:rm=<IP address of printer>\
:rp=raw:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lp:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
'rm' means remote machine
'rp' means remote print queue name
The JetDirect print servers do the LPD protocol. JetDirect print servers have
a queue named 'raw'. And you need the IP protocol enabled on it.
If the HP printer is plugged into a Windows machine, then you need samba, and
you need to provide more information about how the Windows box is setup.
dave wrote:
> Hello,
> I posted a few days ago about wanting to print to my remote hp printer.
> Well, I'm using samba, smbprint, and an entry in /etc/printcap to do the
> job, see section 7.2 of the online book: using samba, for what I did. The
> problem is, I can cue the job, but the printer refuses the connection, it
> does not have a password on it. Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> Dave.
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PETER SCHWENK | Campus IT Associate 3
Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware
schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437
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