Re: Help with ethernet printer
> > I then went about trying to configure my printcap file manually, but
> > I'm a little confused about all the settings it needed.
> >
> > Here's what I have in it:
> >
> > lp|x4520mp|Xerox 4520mp:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/x4520mp:\
> > :rm=jchawk5:\
> > :rp=x4520mp_4:\
> > :sh=:
You may also want to make sure that the machine jchawk5 is in your
/etc/hosts file (or can be found with nslookup jchawk5), and that this
machine also has lpd running with a printer named x4520mp_4 in
/etc/printcap.
I have a network-enabled Xerox machine that can be printed to (the
network board runs Linux!), and for this application, your /etc/printcap
looks more like:
:rm=hostname_of_printer:\
:rp=lp:\
This prints directly to the print spooler inside the printer itself.
Most of the networked printers I've used (HP, Xerox) have an internal
spooler named lp.
Chris
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