From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 19 17:17:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24846 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 17:17:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24836 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 17:17:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA24350; Tue, 19 May 1998 17:16:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA21760; Tue, 19 May 1998 17:16:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline Message-Id: <199805200016.RAA21760@tao.thought.org> Subject: Re: remote printing to an HP DeskJet500 In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "May 19, 98 03:30:18 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 17:16:23 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Organization: <> thought.org: public access uNix in service... <> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Doug White: > On Mon, 18 May 1998, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > 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: > > Left out the rp capability -- remote printer name. If you don't want to > have to filter it use the `text' printer. Remember that jetdirect cards > offer an LPD-compatible interface, and that's what you're printing to. > > > Hm, I think I see the problem. There is no jetdirect card. There is no printer networking hardware of any kind. This is a plain and simple DJ500 that's hanging off /dev/lpt0 on my main (older) system. I thought that there might be a way of reaching across the CAT5 cable with lpd on my new box. Maybe not.... gary > > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message