Don't feel stupid! Maybe following Pprameters aren't in your /etc/lpd.conf file: force_localhost false default_remote_host=<lpd-server-host> hope this helps Brigitte iddwb wrote: > > I thought I understood how to build my printcap but now I feel real > stupid. I want to spool all jobs through a linux machine called "a". I'm > sending jobs to jetdirect interfaces in hp printers from "a". On all > other machines, I want them to send jobs to "a" so in these client > machines the printcap looks like > > lp:\ > :sh:rm=a.asu.edu:rp=hp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: > > then on the server machine "a" the printcap looks like > > hp1:\ > :su:rm=jetdirect.asu.edu:rp=hp:sd=/var/spool/hp1: > > This seems to work. However, from any client machine when I do an > lpq > > It wants to connect directly to the jetdirect interface, rather than > listing all the jobs on the server queue. > > what am I doing wrong? > > David Bear > College of Public Programs/ASU > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, > to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with: | example: > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] > unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Brigitte Roesler Siemens Business Services - SBS ITS GDP2 12 St. Martinstrasse 76, 81541 Muenchen Phone: +49 (0)89 636-23904 Fax: +49 (0)89 636-28889 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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