Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:31:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Steve Babb <steve.babb@mcg-graphics.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network printing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808131330480.11633-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35D32233.D54CCC33@mcg-graphics.com>
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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Steve Babb wrote: > Hello, > > I have an EFI fiery rip connected to a canon laser copier and would like > to print over the network to it using my FreeBSD 2.2.6 machine. > Currently we print to it from our SGI's and it wotks fine. > > its ip is 192.9.200.237 and is known as Server. I looked into my printer > settings on my sgi and it told me it was set up as Printer name - Canon > and hostname - Server. If the SGI has a printcap (and it just might) you can swipe the entry from there. > so I set up my /etc/printcap on my FreeBSD as follows:- > > canon|lp|fiery|canon Fiery 700:\ > :lp=:rm=Server:rp=Canon:sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon: Can you print _directly_ to the printer (ie, it supports lpd service) or do you need to relay it through the SGI? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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