Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 16:00:42 -0500 From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx> To: FreeBSD Stable Listserv <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: printcap question Message-ID: <20010801160042.A93465@mikea.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200108011602200247.01D881F1@mail.roe35.lth2.k12.il.us>; from dallen@roe35.lth2.k12.il.us on Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 04:02:20PM -0500 References: <200108012040.f71Ket224506@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200108011602200247.01D881F1@mail.roe35.lth2.k12.il.us>
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 04:02:20PM -0500, Douglas G. Allen wrote: > David, > > >Yes. The bare IP address might work, but as noted, I don't do that. > > I have people telling me it should, but it's not any > real problem to make another entry in /etc/hosts to > cover myself (and the printer). > > >Or you can think of the networked printer as being an incredibly simple > >"host" that has a fancy printer attached. :-} > > True. > > >(Fair warning: I suspect that HP's implementation of lpd leaves a lot > >to be desired, such as the ability to queue requests.) > > But if they say a printer is lpd compatible, then I would > at least expect it to understand the information sent to it > by lpd. My guess is that it won't queue requests, unless it > has a drive of some sort in it, other than on the machine > that asks for the print job. Very much like a Windoze > client does with the same printer(s). The HPs we use here are all networked; the lpd implementation works just dandy. I wish I could say that about _all_ the printers we use here. I have, BTW, seen diskless printers that will queue jobs up to the size of their queue memory, as distinct from their image memory. -- Mike Andrews mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin since 1964 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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