Re: Printer problem

[John Pearson <john@huiac.apana.org.au>]

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 10:57:59PM +0000, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote
> On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:43:00PM +0100, SGaerner wrote:
> > You have to edit your local /etc/printcap.
> > Add a line
> >     rm=YOUR_SERVER_IP:\
> >     rp=lp:\
> > 
> > But I think that you only have to uncomment und modify some lines in your standard
> > Debian /etc/printcap.
> 
> i'm currently having the same problem.
> 
> i've got a printer set up on skinny, which prints locally fine.
> the printcap is:
> 
> lp|hplj|HP Laserjet 1100:\
>         :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:\
>         :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
>         :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
>         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> 
> the printcap on letdown is:
> 
> lp|hplj|HP Laserjet 1100:\
> 	:lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:rm=skinny.wasters:rp=lp:\
> 	:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
> 	:if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
> 	:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> 

My printcap, that works for remote printing, looks like this:

lp|huiac|lj|HP Laserjet 6MP:\
        :lp=:\
        :rm=huiac:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
        :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
        :pl#70:\
        :pw#80:\
        :pc#150:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:

Maybe specifying 'lp=/dev/null' is getting your work thrown away before
lpd notices you've specified a remote printer?


John P.
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