Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:54:14 -0600 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: connect to a network printer to be able to print Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcOVQoy1UvntGB-04U%2BHKp9Fx8M1an2N9d9Un=wu9nxMLg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302271145190.55914@wonkity.com> References: <CAJ5UdcP-7_7i8kN_S2i4dG-k6--jFdxPizZG07AuE5aRxwJmsA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302271145190.55914@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2013, Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> Dear folks, >> >> I am trying to connect a network printer to be able to print to it. I >> know the make/model of the printer: >> HP Color LaserJet CP4520 >> and the ip address it is on >> 10.155.135.3 >> >> I want to use lpd/lpr to be able to print as is specified in >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html >> >> I read the instructions on the handbook, but it does not specify how >> to use the ip address or specify it to print to it. How can I set >> this printer up? >> I have setup /etc/printcap with the following: >> >> lp:\ >> :lp=:\ >> :sh:\ >> :mx#0:\ >> :rm=HP_Color_LaserJet_CP4520:\ >> :rp=raw:\ >> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ >> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: >> >> but there is no ip adress where the communication can exist. How can >> I do this? Do I setup the printer with CUPS? or can it be done with >> lpr which is what I use with a local HP 1200 printer, but this one is >> a network printer. > > > If your local DNS does not have a name for the printer, define it in > /etc/hosts: > > 10.155.135.3 HP_Color_LaserJet_CP4520 Dear Warren & all, I have succeeded ! I got it to work by using the last example in your page, copied it over to /etc/printcap: lp:\ :lp=9100@netlaser:\ :sh:\ :mx#0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: then ran # sed -i "" 's|9100@netlaser|9100@10.155.135.3|g' and it has printed successfully :) Now I will do this with two other machines to be able to print to this network printer. Thanks to all who helped figure this out. I had not even tried to connect, but reading on another site that it was not hard to do, I tried it and it has succeeded! Best Regards, Antonio
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