Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:10:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Remote printing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000625215958.47897C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <395609EA.643F3684@uswest.net>
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On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Joe Warner wrote: > Just about all of the printers we have at work are HP LaserJets with > Jet Direct cards in them. I was just trying to get my FreeBSD machine > to print remotely to an HP 4000 just outside my cubicle. Ah hah! the JetDirect makes it much simpler. With a JD, you don't need to mess around with Samba, netatalk et al. The way it works is that the JD card appears (to the FreeBSD box) to be a computer with a printer attached. You can use the printer's front panel to give it an IP address, then edit your DNS or /etc/hosts to give the printer a "host name." You will also need to edit /etc/printcap; here's mine, in part: # HP laser lp|filth|lj|ps|HP LaserJet 4MV:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:rm=printername:rp=printername: That last line is the important part. > I have already received a response from someone else who also > recommends using apsfilter. I'll try this tomorrow. Is apsfilter > hard to configure? I wasn't able to figure it out, but luckily it turned out not to be necessary for me. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org [1] Bus error netscape To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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