From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 26 5:23:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (fb00.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.200.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4976237BBCF for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 05:23:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ccba@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2ivebkq.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.46.154]) by fb00.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA05749 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:23:31 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38B7D3DA.B83E0EA2@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:23:41 -0500 From: ccba X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,zh-TW,zh,zh-CN,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: PostScript LAN printer problem Part 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello: I setup my /etc/printcap file with the following as its first line: rlp|Remote Printer:\ :rm=LaserWriter-IIg:sd=/var/spool/output/LaserWriter-IIg:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: When I type this lpr -Prlp /etc/printcap I got this Feb 26 06:48:18 myname lpd[369]:unalbe to get address list for remote machine LaserWriter-IIg: Host name lookup failure question: Where should I enter the printer's address ?? BTW, how do you get the ethernet address of this printer ?? Sincerely, phil wong still trying to print after three weeks of FreeBSD use :-(( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message