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Date:      Sun, 5 May 2002 15:11:55 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@wxs.nl>
To:        FreeBSD questions mailing list <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [SOLVED] printing via a JetDirect 600N printserver
Message-ID:  <20020505150640.B299-100000@yokozuna.bsd>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205041330550.76286-100000@wonkity.com>

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On Sat, 4 May 2002, the wise Warren Block spoke, and said:

> On Sat, 4 May 2002, Marco Beishuizen wrote:
>
> > The only thing I need to change is the setup of the interface, which
> > changes from parallel to network. When I do this I have to enter the
> > IP address (10.0.0.152) and the printer name (raw). The script also
> > provides the option to print a test page, it does this with:
> >
> > gs -q -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -r600x600 -sDEVICE=lj5gray
> > -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -sOutputFile='/tmp/apsfilter5808/test_page.aps'
> > setup/test.ps
> >
> > The error message is:
> >
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  5518752 May  4 18:23
> > /tmp/apsfilter5808/test_page.aps
> > lpr: raw@10.0.0.152: unknown printer
>
> lpr won't work because the printcap entry isn't complete.  Here's the
> entry that it looks to have generated, but note that "rm=" isn't filled
> in -- it should be the hostname or IP address of the printer:
>
> # APS1_BEGIN:printer1
> # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
> # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
> lp|lj5gray;r=600x600;q=high;c=gray;p=a4;m=auto:\
>     :lp=:\
>     :rm=:\
>     :rp=raw:\
>     :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>     :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
>     :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
>     :mx#0:\
>     :sh:
> # APS1_END - don't delete this
>
> So change the :rm=: line to:
>
> :rm=10.0.0.152:\
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

Thank you all for your help! Adding the IP address in the rm line
works.

Greetings,

Marco

-- 
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you.  This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
		-- Mark Twain


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