Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:21:57 CST From: Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com>, Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lpd not reading printcap? Message-ID: <E16cwAX-000NND-00@mail.netizen.co.za>
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Crist J. Clark <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote : > On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 05:08:44PM -0600, Graham Wheeler wrote: > > Stuart Tanner &lang=en">stuart@sigterm.com> > wrote : > > > > > You are not telling lpd which printer to use at the other end. You > > > have listed the remote machine but you don't have a rp entry. > > > > > > > > > You're right; I had forgotten that this is needed even if the remote > > printer is named lp. It's been a while. > > > > I used the example for a remote printer given in the default > > /etc/printcap; it is also missing the rp field so its a poor > > example. > > It's not needed when the remote is 'lp.' It is if lp is not the first name in the list. In my case I had: NEC-SW|lp|NEC SilentWriter PostScript: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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