>Has anybody printed with `Print' or `a2ps' on a network printer? > >Fink's a2ps works fine for `a2ps -Pvoid <filename>'. > >Can't find why /usr/libexec/lpd does not even read /etc/printcap. > >As to `Print', the man page seems to suggest that the command depends on > `lpr' and hence on `lpd', too. > >`ping lex' is alright (lex is the name of my network printer), but for >both `a2ps' and `Print' lex seems to be an unknown printer. > >By the way, I've no problem to print to lex from my FreeBSD-4.5 box. > > >Thank you in advance for any help. > >Harald
Hi Harald, Well, I do not manage to print with lpr on OSX. It seems that command line printing on a network postscript printer is not supported yet. It should be supported soon with the CUPS (Am I wrong?) Anyway, you can print in command line with the atprint command (Apple Talk Print) First you have to select an apple talk printer with at_cho_prn [mac-6:~] bastien% su root Password: [mac-6:/Users/bastien] root# at_cho_prn Zone:* 1: ff65.0a.82tHP970cxi:LaserWriter 2: ff65.0a.83 HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL 6:LaserWriter 3: ff65.0a.84 Canon CP660PS PostScript:LaserWriter 4: ff00.dc.82 CESR2_Hold:LaserWriter 5: ff00.dc.81 CESR2_Print:LaserWriter 6: ff00.dc.80 CESR2_Direct:LaserWriter 7: ff01.06.9e PET:LaserWriter 8: ff01.05.9d HP LaserJet 4000 Series:LaserWriter 9: ff01.80.9d CESR1 HP 4000TN Pour Tous.:LaserWriter 10: ff01.04.9d CESR3 HP 4050TN. Pour tous.:LaserWriter 11: ff01.81.9e DeskJet_Alpha:LaserWriter ITEM number (0 to make no selection)? 10 Default printer is:CESR3 HP 4050TN. Pour tous.:LaserWriter@* status: idle Then you can use the command line atprint, which take a postscript file in argument and send it to the printer: [mac-6:~] bastien% a2ps file.txt -o - | atprint Looking for CESR3 HP 4050TN. Pour tous.:LaserWriter@*. Trying to connect to CESR3 HP 4050TN. Pour tous.:LaserWriter@*. atprint: printing on CESR3 HP 4050TN. Pour tous.:LaserWriter@*. Hope it helps, Sebastien -- S�bastien Maret Centre d'�tude spatial des rayonnements 9 Av. Colonel Roche BP 4346 31028 Toulouse cedex 04 France Tel: (33) 5 61 55 81 89 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cesr.fr/~maret ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
