Re: Help geting hP jetdirect printer to work with Debian
In message <[🔎] S4C78B.A.w6F.lC6n6@murphy>it was written:
>I;m integrating a Debian "testing" machine inot a network with lot's of
>FreeBSD machines, and some HP-UX, and Sun machines.
>
>I'm having a hard time geting the Debian box to print to our networked
>(JetDirect) printer. Can anyone give me a pointer to some docs.
Ahh, this is easy as pie.
JetDirect has a builtin lpr compatible server.
Install lprng package and configure your /etc/printcap like:
lp|HPLJ5p
:lp=
:rm=192.168.0.12
:rp=lp
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote
:mx#0
:sh
Where you replace the value of rm= with the IP address of the printer.
(you can also replace the name of the printer with whatever you like).
Simply restart lprng (/etc/init.d/lprng restart), and then pipe some
postscript to lpr and wammo. ;)
JetDirect is quite nice, I'm very impressed by the quality of it.
as always,
nick
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