Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:52:49 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ajphanks@comcast.net Subject: Re: Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work Message-ID: <20081018005232.J13134@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan> References: <101620082036.391.48F7A5DA0009DFCD0000018722120207849C05020E089F060E@comcast.net> <20081016212000.GA3960@icarus.home.lan>
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> If this printer is hooked up on the network (e.g. via Ethernet), I > believe you need to set the lp variable to the hostname or IP address of > the printer, e.g.: > > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\ > :lp=192.168.1.100\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > > I think this also makes the assumption that the printer knows how to > speak the LPR protocol. If it listens on a custom port, you can use > portnumber@ipaddress instead. See the printcap(5) man page, I guess. he said that lpd queue gets drained. so printer DO accept the data.
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