Re: Network Printing
It's good to know the below, this might be a bit faster for you though.
(as root) apt-get install printtool
Then printtool&
Good luck
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:41:38AM -0400, Michael Goodman wrote:
> > Excuse my ignorance but how to you config network printers in Potato? There must be an easier way than editing the printcap file. Thanks,
>
> Well, ummm, that's how I did it! Actually much easier than firing up
> and learning some GUI tool I'll use once and then not again...
>
> To wit.
>
> Here is the salient portion of my /etc/printcap which is the same on
> both the desktop and my laptop:
>
> lm|laser|Lexmark 4039-10R:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lm:\
> :sh:\
> :pw#80:\
> :pl#66:\
> :px#1440:\
> :mx#0:\
> :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet3-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
> The Lexmark is connected to the desktop (which also runs Potato) and I
> have an ethernet connection available to tie the two machines together.
>
> Looking in the printcap file I noticed this nice little template toward
> the end:
>
> # rlp|Remote printer entry:\
> # :lp=:\
> # :rm=remotehost:\
> # :rp=remoteprinter:\
> # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
> # :mx#0:\
> # :sh:
>
> Using this as a guide, I added the remote Lexmark alias of rlm as so:
>
> rlm|Remote Lexmark 4039-10R on linux.n0nb.ampr.org:\
> :lp=:\
> :rm=linux.n0nb.ampr.org:\
> :rp=lm:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
>
> I then restarted lprng with:
>
> /etc/init.d/lprng restart
>
> as root. Then I happily printed from Netscape on the laptop to the
> Lexmark in the other room. Total time from curiosity to implementation?
> Less than 5 minutes. Try *that* on those "administrator friendly" OSes. :)
>
>
> HTH,
>
> - Nate >>
>
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