"Lewis, James M." wrote: > > I'm stumped. > > > > I'm trying to print to a remote printer (don't have a local one), and > > everything looks right according to the howtos &tc. Here's my printcap: > > > > # REMOTE HP4 > > lp|hp4:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4-raw:\ > > :rm=1<the ip address of my printer>:\ > > :rp=<the name of my printer as it shows on the printer's > > configuration printout>:\ > > :lp=/dev/null:\ > > :sh: > > > If it is an hp network interface (i forget the name, > jet direct or netdirect or something like that) then > you have to use "raw" or "text" for the rp= parameter. > I think the printers config printout shows you the > system name for the interface card, not the print > queue name. Let me know if this works. > > jim >
Thanks for the response. It is an HP JetDirect interface. I modified /etc/printcap so the rp= line was set to text; then I did a "lpc reread", then an "lp /etc/printcap" and still nothing shows up at the printer. So emptied the /var/spool/lpd/hp4-raw directory, and then changed the rp= line to "raw", and repeated the process. Again, no output at the printer, but something's making it to the spool: -rw------- 1 daemon lp 6 Oct 8 13:18 lp -rw------- 1 daemon lp 6 Oct 8 13:18 unspooler.lp PAUSE -- Before sending this message, I decided to purge everything I could think of that had to do with printing (lprng, magicfilter, printcap, the spool directories). Then I commented out the unstable line in my apt sources.list file and did an "apt-get update"; then I used dselect to re-install lprng and bang! I'm finally getting something out of the printer (it's not usable output yet, but it's something!) Now I've got to figure out how to run a filter for a remote printer (why doesn't lpd/magicfilter do that?!). Thanks for the help!
