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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:42:41 -0700
From:      Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work
Message-ID:  <200810232142.41941.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx>
In-Reply-To: <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan>
References:  <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan>

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El Jue 16 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribi=F3:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:36:42PM +0000, ajphanks@comcast.net wrote:
> > I am trying to setup a Lanier LD160c (admincolor) that has a network
> > interface. =A0I am new to FreeBSD and tried to follow the handbook. =A0=
I am
> > able to print to a HP 5SI (corp-admin) with no problems. =A0There are no
> > errors in the lpd-errs and the file is drained from the queue, but the
> > printer does not print anything. =A0And this is a working printer to
> > Windows. lpr -P admincolor testfile.txt
> >
> > printcap:
> > corp-admin|hp|laserjet|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5Si:\
> >
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :lp=3D\
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :sd=3D/var/spool/output/corp-admin:rm=3Dcorp-admin:\
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :if=3D/usr/local/libexec/crlfilter:sh:tr=3D\f:mx#0:
> >
> > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\
> >
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :lp=3D\
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :sd=3D/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=3Dadmincolor:\
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 :lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs:
>
> If this printer is hooked up on the network (e.g. via Ethernet), I
> believe you need to set the lp variable to the hostname or IP address of
> the printer, e.g.:
>
> admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\
>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:lp=3D192.168.1.100\
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:sd=3D/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=3Dadmincolor:\
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0:lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs:
>

Negative, leave the lp capability blank, explicitly (:lp=3D:).

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced=
=2Ehtml#PRINTING-ADVANCED-NETWORK-RM



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