Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:26:31 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Accessing another machines printer Message-ID: <20010222142631.10337.qmail@web3106.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I have a small network of 5 machines. I have looked up my printer to the parrallel port of one of them (called webby - yes it's a web server) and can print from that machine only using lpr. The printcap file is: lp|scps|lj|ps|local printer:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif: I want to be able to print from any machine in the network, so I have written the following printcap for the other machines: scps|lp|rlp|remote|remote printer :sh:\ :lp=:\ :rm=webby:\ :rp=scps:\ :sd=/var/spool/output/printing:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: I start up the deamon using lpd and then try to print using lpr. No error is reported but nothing happens. Looking at the queue on the remote machine I get: "waiting for queue to be enabled on webby" and then I see the job sitting in the queue. The print job doesan't get transferred to webby. I've tried lpc enable and lpc start but these don't solve the problem. HELP I'm running out of ideas!! Gavin ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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