> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 18 17:32:47 2000
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:27:44 +0000 (GMT)
> From: iddwb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: totally confused on printcap
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> 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
Nothing. LPR is 'lightweight' and does not need to contact
the LPD print spooler to do its job. Use the following:
# clients see this
hp1|lp:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
# lpd server sees this
hp1:server
:su:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:sd=/var/spool/%P:
Patrick Powell Astart Technologies,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D,
Network and System San Diego, CA 92123
Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424
LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.astart.com)
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