On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Joel Hammer wrote:

> This comes from the LPRng howto.

I've read through it many a time, but I can't claim to understand it fully, 
hence my posting :)

> lp|*:cm=Wildcard Alias - %P=lp, %Q=wanted 
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> *:cm=Wildcard Name- %P=wanted, %Q=wanted
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I've tried variations on the above, only to receive the error "printer '*' has 
illegal char at '*' in name".

I'm attempting to build an enterprise-wide print service around a central
LPRng server without redistributing or modifying (scripted or manually) the
printcap on all of the client machines every time a new printer is added (as
is the current setup). I'd thought the wildcard entry (on clients) would do
the trick, but I may be going about it the wrong way.

I could instruct all client users to print "lpr -Pprintername@printserver" if 
all else fails, but I'd prefer something far more transparent to the end user.  
Any options?

--
Gretchen K. Wagner
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