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From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>
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Subject: Re: remote printing to an HP DeskJet500
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518155527.9951R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "May 18, 98 03:56:26 pm"
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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According to Doug White:
> On Mon, 18 May 1998, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> > 
> >   My deskjet is hooked in /dev/lpt0 on my P90.  It works well
> >   there, but I wasn't able to set-up an /etc/printcap file on 
> >   my 6x86 system that can talk to the P90.  
> > 
> >   I followed Greg's advice in THE COMPLETE  FREEBSD and just
> >   checked the archives.  Zero.  So my question is: How can I print
> >   files across my network with lpr?  
> 
> printer:
> :rp=printername:rm=remotehost:lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/printer:
> 
> It's all in the Handbook.
> 

	What I have is close:

rlp|hp500:\
        :rm=tao.thought.org:sd=/var/spool/output/tao:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
	:if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:

	The last file, hpif, is to filter the CR/CR-LF output.

	I'll plug in your entry and see.

	thanks for this.

	gary


> 
> 


-- 
   Gary D. Kline         kline@tao.thought.org          Public service uNix


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