Re: [tlug] remote printing

["hatsuhiro" <hatuhiro@example.com>]

Thanks for response, Henri! I am still stuck

#  lpr -Plp remote-test
lpr: cannot: No such file or directory
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon

In /var/spool/lpd/dfA066endeavor:

This is a test for remote printers.

In /var/spool/lpd/cfA066endeavor:

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Nremote-test

Hoshino

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henri Servomaa" <henri_servomaa@example.com>
To: "hatsuhiro" <hatuhiro@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [tlug] remote printing


>
>
> Hello,
>
> Since lp was the only entry in your /etc/printcap, try this:
>
> # lpr -Plp
>
> Any activity on the printer ?
>
> -
> Henri
>
>
> hatsuhiro wrote:
> >
> > I need help. I browsed Printing-HOWTO, but couldn't succeed. My network
> > consists of a single Linux box networked by an ethernet interface to a
> > remote copy machine　as a printer. There is no extra print server
for the
> > printer.
> >
> > Added in /etc/printcap:
> >
> > lp:\
> >     :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
> >     :rm=cp660:\
> >     :rp=lp:\
> >     :lp=/dev/null:\
> >     :sh:
> >
> > where \ is a backslash.
> >
> > Added in /etc/hosts:
> >
> > 192.168.0.2    cp660
> >
> > Added in /etc/hosts.lpd:
> >
> > cp660
> >
> > My network is okay, checked by "ping cp660". Then
> >
> > #    lpr -Pcp660 file
> > lpr: cp660: unkown printer
> >
> > Please point me out what is wrong. Show me a successful configuration.
> >
> > Hoshino
>