hmmm,
did you try the "force_localhost" optin in the printcaps ? This should
force the lpd to report the queue status..
C. Beyer
iddwb schrieb:
>
> I thought I understood how to build my printcap but now I feel real
> stupid. I want to spool all jobs through a linux machine called "a". I'm
> sending jobs to jetdirect interfaces in hp printers from "a". On all
> other machines, I want them to send jobs to "a" so in these client
> machines the printcap looks like
>
> lp:\
> :sh:rm=a.asu.edu:rp=hp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:
>
> then on the server machine "a" the printcap looks like
>
> hp1:\
> :su:rm=jetdirect.asu.edu:rp=hp:sd=/var/spool/hp1:
>
> This seems to work. However, from any client machine when I do an
> lpq
>
> It wants to connect directly to the jetdirect interface, rather than
> listing all the jobs on the server queue.
>
> what am I doing wrong?
>
> David Bear
> College of Public Programs/ASU
>
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