Thanks. The response was fast. I'll try it.
Holden
On 2001.02.20 09:33:57 +0800 Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> Quoting Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > Is there another way to share printers among networked linux boxes
> other
> > than through samba?
>
> A remote printer can be declared in your /etc/printcap file.
> You can print to this printer using the lpr filter, say
>
> cat filename | lpr -Premoteprintername
>
> If you don't know how to set this up, the RedHat printtool
> is quite useful in setting up a working /etc/printcap and in
> providing the necessary print filters.
>
> The same remote printer can be shared by Linux, Windows, Solaris,
> etc.
>
> The question of how to print postscript, tex dvi files, plain text,
> etc., is a totally different problem. The Printing-HOWTO will
> be very helpful here.
>
> PMana
>
>
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