From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 18 14:15: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (fb02.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.229.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C0037BAE5 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:14:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ccba@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2ivebsp.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.47.153]) by fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA14135 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:14:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38ADC423.814D584@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:13:59 -0500 From: ccba X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,zh-TW,zh,zh-CN,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Recognizing LAN printers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello: I have a FreeBSD machine connected to a hub, there is a postscript printer also connected to the hub, along with 2 macs, and a pc running win95. The printer is a NEC Silentwriter II Model 90 (again) configured to LocalTalk, and there is a localtalk cable connecting the printer to an "Asante Localtalk to Ethernet Bridge". The bridge is connected to the hub. Two other Macs connected to the hub print fine, another PC running Win95 also print fine to this printer. Problem: The FreeBSD machine is not seeing the printer. The printer did nothing when I send jobs such as lpr, lp, enscript, etc. It only shows a ready light. Question: 1. What do I need to do in order for the FreeBSD machine to print to this LAN printer ? 2. A parallel printer is call lpt0, lpt1, etc. What is the device name for the LAN printer ? Many many thanks in advance. This is my first step to wipe out all win95 machines at work. phillip wong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message