On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 09:55:30AM +1030, John Pearson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 10:57:59PM +0000, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote > > > > i've got a printer set up on skinny, which prints locally fine. > > the printcap on letdown is: > > > > lp|hplj|HP Laserjet 1100:\ > > :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj:rm=skinny.wasters:rp=lp:\ > > :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ > > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ > > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > My printcap, that works for remote printing, looks like this: [snip] > Maybe specifying 'lp=/dev/null' is getting your work thrown away before > lpd notices you've specified a remote printer?
That appears to be the problem - it works perfectly now. Thanks, John!
