Unfortunately, the printer is an old laserjet 4 and only takes socket reqests on port 9100. Isn't there any way for me to specify a port to send to using the rm/rp format?
James Klaas (734)615-0364 CAEN Systems Group IST 5113 On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, John Perkins wrote: > > I am attempting to set up a print queue to print to a JetDirect printer > > and I am having some problems setting up the queue. First off, we are not > > running any lpd servers on our machines. This reduces our security > > profile and makes it easier to control clients. > > > > I have come up with a couple of printcap entries to try: > > > > xena:force_localhost@:rm=xenaprint.engin.umich.edu%9100:rp=raw > > > > -- This fails with an error: > > > > Printer: xena is [EMAIL PROTECTED]%9100 > > Printer '[EMAIL PROTECTED]%9100' - cannot open connection - > > bad or missing hostname > > Make sure LPD server is running on the server > > > > So it obviously doesn't recognize the format host%port for rm. > > > > Second: > > > > xena:lp=xenaprint.engin.umich.edu%9100 > > > > -- This fails with: > > > > Printer 'xena@localhost' - cannot open connection - Connection refused > > Make sure LPD server is running on the server > > > > This fails because an lp=host%port only works if an lpd is running > > locally. Is there any way to get this to work? > > I think you're looking for something like this: > > xena:force_localhost@:rm=xenaprint.engin.umich.edu:rp=raw > > -OR- > > xena:lp=xenaprint.engin.umich.edu%9100 > > You'll need a local LPD running for the second one, and that will require a > spool director (sd=) among other settings. > > Feel free to contrib this back to the list if it clears up your problem. > > -- > ============================================================================ > John Perkins | University of Wisconsin-Madison > Associate Researcher | Department of Computer Science > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1210 W. Dayton St. > 608-262-0438/608-262-9997 FAX | Madison, WI 53706-1685 > ============================================================================ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
