> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 7 11:09:48 2002 > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 10:17:13 -0800 (PST) > From: "Gretchen K. Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: LPRng: wildcard? > > 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 > > :[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *:cm=Wildcard Name- %P=wanted, %Q=wanted > > :[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The 'wildcard' stuff was added in LPRng 3.6.23, as recorded in the CHANGES file. What version are you running? Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
