Greg Vence wrote:
>
> How/where could I find info on printing to an IP printer?
>
If the printer supports LPR (newer HP printers with the network
interface do), then you simply need to get up the proper entry in
/etc/printcap and make sure you have the lpr package installed.
(You may want to look at magicfilter too, it will auto-magically
translate various types of files to raw printer language for you.)
You'll need an entry in /etc/printcap which looks like:
lp|My Local HP Laserjet 5P:\
:lp=:rm=PRINTER-NAME:rp=PRINTER:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Where PRINTER-NAME is the hostname of your printer (you must have
an entry in /etc/hosts with the name, or you could just put in the
IP I suppose) and PRINTER is the name of the printer which is expected.
On HP printers, you use "raw" when you're going to send it pre-formatted
output, such as ghostscript or dvilj would produce for you. If you
don't have an HP, check the manual.
All this said, if the printer doesn't support LPR, then I haven't the
foggiest how you'll talk to it.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
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