Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 16:20:32 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote Printing Message-ID: <20050514161800.V734@antec.home> In-Reply-To: <20050514230332.GA8120@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20050514225205.76491.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com> <20050514230332.GA8120@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Sun, 15 May 2005, Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:52:05PM -0700, ya hoo wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I been reading FreeBSd docs on remote pritning.
>> It mostly talks about setting up a local printer.
>> In which case, I could care less about since I want to
>> print to my HP Jetdirect print server.
>> Mainly, I really don't want to install CUPS. I would
>> just like to use the default lp that comes with
>> FreeBSD.
>> Can anyone direct me in the right direction?
>
> Uncomment/Tweak the following in your /etc/printcap:
>
> remote|sample remote printer:\
> :sh:\
> :rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs
>
The print server emulator in HP JetDirect tends to be single threaded,
and so does not respond to requests like "lpq" while printing, which is
why I prefer the method in my previous mail (configuring the printer
as "local" with "lp=<host>@<port>". Queueing is then handled locally).
$.02,
/Mikko
> Make sure the spool directory exists, create if not there. For your
> installation you don't need an if= attribute. Make sure lpd is
> running, enable within /etc/rc.conf.
>
> lpd_enable="YES" # Run the line printer daemon.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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