It's an Epson PM-760C with a parallel connection using CUPS.
OK... CUPS is the print daemon, then.
I did this once, and found that there is in /etc/xinetd.d a file called cups-lpd. It can be activated by "chkconfig cups-lpd on" if you wish to activate it, and more info can doubtless be found in the documentation. This will be one possible way you can share your printer.
However, one of the wonderful things about CUPS is that it is pretty much transparent. If you are running CUPS on both of them, and if there is no firewall blocking something in between, then the client computer should magically see every printer in the local network without any user interference at all. If there _is_ a firewall, you should open TCP port 631. You do not need to do any specific printer sharing at all.
> >> I tried to set it up as a remote printer on another computer.
NFS, both computers running RH9. I used the redhat-config-printer-gui to configure the printer over the network, but the path was incorrect, apparently.
_Can_ you share a printer over NFS? I didn't know that was possible... are you sure it is?
Find the "redhat-config-switch-printer" tool (or something like that, I don't know the real name) and make sure that your CLIENT computer also uses CUPS. Make sure there is no firewall blocking port tcp/631, or open that port. Leave it there for a few minutes, then go to http://localhost:631 on the CLIENT computer so you can configure CUPS... there you should be able to see the network printer all ready for you (although I do not know if the correct driver or packages is installed automatically).
I don't know which print daemon is involved.
CUPS.
See if any of the above helps out. The preferred route should be CUPS in "native" mode, with cups-lpd as a backup. NFS may or may not enter the picture at all... certainly _I_ have no experience with it, but my definition of common sense tells me it is not needed. If this does not help, post again on this thread...
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
