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Date:      Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:01:41 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: connect to a network printer to be able to print
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Trond Endrestøl wrote:

> The rm (remote machine) property in /etc/printcap should be changed to
> 10.155.135.3, i.e.
>
> 	:rm=10.155.135.3:\
>
> Then it's simply a matter of restarting lpd, i.e.
> /etc/rc.d/lpd restart
>
> If you're lucky, your first print job should appear as hardcopy.

lpd(8) really wants DNS to be working.  I forget the exact symptoms, but 
using raw IP addresses does not always work.

It's not clear why just adding an entry to /etc/hosts is not possible, 
but that or an entry in the DNS server is generally the best way.
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