Re: Printing directly to IP address

2012-02-14 Thread John Levine
same way I do, via a wireless network. The difference is that I am using CUPS to achieve that goal. My friend would like to do it sans CUPS if possible. If the printer supports the hoary lpd protocol, you can configure it in /etc/printcap. If it wants socket or IPP protocols, CUPS is the least

Re: Printing directly to IP address

2012-02-14 Thread Robison, Dave
You're going to want to use lpr, and you'll have to set up /etc/printcap first. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/corp-net-guide/printserving-lpr-freebsd.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/corp-net-guide/printserving-unix.html The command I use to print to a printer set up in

Re: Printing directly to IP address

2012-02-14 Thread perryh
Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: I know it is possible; however, I cannot find any actual documentation under the printing section in the FreeBSD manual. If anyone could provide a link to such documentation, it would be appreciated. Provided the printer supports lpd protocol, i.e. it looks