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Re: HP 4100n printer: any clue?



Abdul Latip wrote:

Hi,

I am looking for clue on how to print to a network printer.
I have read Printing-HOWTO, also visited linuxprinting.org;
but still have no idea on what HP 4100n is expecting.

I am using lprng, but willing to switch if I have to.
Thanks for any clue...

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Abdul Latip -- Angkasa Internet Junior Staff -- ANGIN.com
http://people.WebIndonesia.com/dullatip/ ----------------



Printing is still nasty nasty nasty in Linux. I think CUPS may be the wave of the future, but if you want to stick to lprng, you'll probably need an entry in /etc/lprng/printcap that looks something like this:

hpnimrod|HP4100
        :cm=HP4100N
        :rm=192.168.254.29
        :rp=raw
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4100n
        :mx#0
        :sh
along with an appropriate directory in /var/spool/lpd, something like this:

drwx------    2 daemon   lp           1024 Jun 30  2002 hp4100n
drwxrwsr-x    2 lp       lp           1024 Mar 20 17:07 lp

(I'm not sure which permissions, if either, are what's needed - I haven't used lprng in a couple of years.)

Maybe this'll get you a little farther along.

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Kent West (westk@acu.edu)




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