hi ya keith
all lines should start with : and end with ":\"
except first and last lines
for aragon
lp:HP Deskjet:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:sh:\
:ml=0:\
:mx=0:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
:cd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/usr/share/lprngtool/master-filter:
aragon# /etc/init.d/lpd stop - start
aragon# lpr /etc/printcap
aragon# lpc status
- should list the remote printer
for machines wanting access to that remote printer...
aragon:Remote DeskJet:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/aragon:\
:rm:aragon:
foo# /etc/init.d/lpd stop - start
foo# lpr -Paragon /etc/printcap
foo# lpc status
- should list the remote printer
- make sure your firewall does not block lpd connections
c ya
alvin
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 3 machines here all running Woody and a HP Deskjet attached to one of
> them. I obviously want all of them to be able to print to the printer. I have
> spent way to much time trying to get it to work and now am just making the
> same mistakes over and over. I cannot see the wood for the trees, and would
> appreciate some guidance.
>
> First off I have the printcap for the machine to which the printer is
> attached "aragorn". It works perfectly. Local printing is fine. The printcap
> was built by lprngtool;
>
> lp
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp
> :sh
> :ml=0
> :mx=0
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log
> :cd=/var/spool/lpd/lp
> :lp=/dev/lp0
> :if=/usr/share/lprngtool/master-filter
> :
>
> The print cap I am trying to use for each of the other machines is:
>
> rlp
> :lp=:\
> :rm=aragorn:\
> :rp=lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
>
> Something is fundamentally wrong, and it is me, but I could appreciate a
> point in the right direction. Thanks
>
> Keith
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