> I installed LPRng on my linux machine using dselect. How do I set > this program to print to my Remote HP LaserJet 4 using a JetDirect > Box? It's on a Novell Server 4.1. > > I never printed on my linux machine, so I don't know if it is setup > already.
Hi, I haven't used LPRng, so this message assumes you'll have similar problems with LPRng as with lpr. You may have several problems here. You can check the debian archive for an email which shows how to set up the /etc/printcap to route through magicfilter and then out to a network printer. You need to do this because you can't use an input filter directly when printing to a network printer. old posting: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9712/msg02272.html Another problem is that the JetDirect box is running with Novell. I think you have to choose either lpr or Novell support when setting up the JetDirect. I couldn't get my JetDirect to work directly with win95 machines on the network and debian/solaris lpr, so the win95 machines print to the lp-r printcap entry on a debian machine. On debian, this entry is normally used when files are sent to lp, filtered by magicfilter, and then sent to lp-r (the printer). For win95, you don't need the first two steps, so just send the files to the printer. In win95 set up the printer type for the actual printer and use samba on the debian machine to export the printer. If you can't run lpr and novell support on the JetDirect, and you don't want to change all the machines on the network to print through the debian box, then I can't help you. There may be a way to print from debian to a novell print server, but I don't have any idea how to do it. Please post if your JetDirect supports lpr and novell concurrently or if not how you solved the problem. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
