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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Christopher D. Ginn wrote:

> 	I am currently running 2.1.6 and am trying to connect to a HP
> Laserjet 3si over a network. The printer will allow me to telnet in and
> will print out the text I send to it, but lpq gives a "Queue does not
> exist", even though it still allows me to queue up the items. This is what
> I have entered in /etc/printcap:

So this printer has a JetDirect card in it?  If so, then just submit the
jobs directly to the printer to either 'lp' for PostScript/raster jobs or
'text' for flast ASCII text.



> 	lp|oak|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 3Si:\
> 	        :lp=/dev/null:rm=myhostname:rp=oak:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak:

Try this:

lp|oak|Hewlett Packard laserJet 3si:\
	:lp=/dev/null:rm=HP's_IP_Address:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak:

I use a replacement lpd called 'LPRng' that works very nicely for printing
to arbitrary print queues.  No printcap's required for non-local printers.
You can find it at dickory.sdsu.edu:/pub/LPRng.  I've made sure myself
that it compiles under FreeBSD, with or without gmake.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major