On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Robert Kennedy wrote:
>
> Since I have never tried to setup printing under Linux before, this my be
> a dumb question, but is it possible to print to the campus printers w/o
> resorting to WinPops? Can I just use lpr to send a job to facsmf_lw or
> com_lw, or what?
>
In short, the answer is probably no.
To use lpr to print to a remote printer, you must have an appropriate
entry set up in your printcap file, like so:
lw13a:\
:mx#0:\
:rm=joe:rp=lw13a:lp=:\
:ty=HP LaserJet 5M printer, Simplex mode:\
:sd=/usr/spool/printers/lw13a:\
:lo=/usr/spool/printers/lw13a/lock:
here the remote machine is called joe with attached (somehow) printer
lw13a. The problem is the the remote machine must know about your host a
priori before it will accept a print job from you. Typically this means
your host must be included in the /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd
files. I'm willing to bet the cc hosts are NOT set up to allow any host
in the utexas.edu domain to print using lpr.
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