I am a printcap novice, but the office where I had a jetdirect we just
determined it's ip then set it as a remote UNIX printer...
Have you tried lprngtool? Just select unix printer, enter the hostname,
select the right filter and choose client only (humm, my printcap says
server, must be because I'm a novice)
lprngtool could generate your printcap and *cfg files that you place on
other hosts...
The printcap would prob look something like this
##LPRNGTOOL## REMOTE lj4dith 300x300 letter {} LaserJet4dither Default 1
lp0
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0
:sh
:ml=0
:mx=0
:af=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/acct
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/log
:cd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:if=/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/master-filter
:server
:
Humm, I think you'd have to install lprng on the clients, is that what
you are trying to avoid? I think you need some form of lpd at each node,
ie lprng and Jetdirect firmware, to handle the connections.
// George
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 11:15:50AM -0400, James Thomas Klaas 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?
>
>James Klaas (734)615-0364
>CAEN Systems Group
>IST 5113
>
>
>
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