From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 25 5:47:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D45737B401 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:47:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B777D43E3B for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:47:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 15516 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2002 12:47:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 25 Oct 2002 12:47:24 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E592E2FDAB2; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:47:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:47:22 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Kevin Stevens Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: printing from windows xp to lpd without samba Message-ID: <20021025124722.GA86387@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Stevens , freebsd-questions References: <20021025104039.GS29294@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net / 2002-10-25 04:07:09 -0700: > On Friday, Oct 25, 2002, at 03:40 US/Pacific, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Does anyone here know how to setup Windows XP to use a remote LPD? > > If so, what are the steps? (googling for lpd and windows finds about 1k > > hits for Lunix printing howto which doesn't cover this scenario.) > > Just go through the printer setup wizard, and select a local printer > (counterintuitive, I know). When you get to the requestor for which > port to use, pick "New Port" and create a "Standard TCP/IP port" aimed > at the IP or resolvable hostname of your LPD box. gods bless you, Kevin, it still doesn't work, but i got further. :) i'm running lpd with -clW switches (windows lpr sends from ports >1024), and printing from my FreeBSD desktop works just fine: Oct 25 11:56:12 ishtar lpd[7336]: freepuppy.bellavista.cz requests recvjob lp Oct 25 11:56:15 ishtar lpd[7339]: freepuppy.bellavista.cz requests displayq short lp but from windows boxes: Oct 25 11:56:57 ishtar lpd[7341]: martin.bellavista.cz requests recvjob lp Oct 25 11:56:57 ishtar lpd[7341]: Error receiving job from martin.bellavista.cz: Oct 25 11:56:57 ishtar lpd[7341]: lp: lost connection roman@ishtar ~ 1001:0 > lpq Warning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1st tkadlec 5 Test Page 0 bytes roman@ishtar ~ 1002:0 > ps auxww|grep lpd root 6630 0.0 0.5 972 600 ?? Is 11:52AM 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/lpd -clW what's up? "no daemon present"? (i don't think that's related) this is how I add the printer: Start -> Settings -> Printers -> Local printer -> Create new port -> Standard TCP/IP port -> Printer name/address: ishtar.bellavista.cz -> Device type -> Custom -> Protocol: LPR, Spool name: lp ->