> > 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 -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbanks www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc