I don't want to use CUPS. I will also avoid LPRng.
Please guide me. lpr command from Mac is working like a cake. It uses CUPS and IPP. -Girish On 4/4/12, Girish Venkatachalam <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/4/12, Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Apr 04 21:54:30, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Failed. It is silent. >>> > >>> > What failed? How does your /etc/printcap describe the printer? >>> > >>> >>> I just modified from the default remote printer commented out section. >>> >>> rm=<ip> >>> >>> lpr is from /usr/bin, not LPRng >>> >>> I tried that as well. >>> >>> lpq lists the jobs but nothing happens/moves in the printer. >>> >> >> Repeat: how does your printcap decribe the printer? >> As in: show me your printcap. >> > > ftp://g3tech.in/printcap > > # export PRINTER=rp@<IP> > > # lpr /etc/passwd > >>> Printer works. It prints from Mac machine, not from OpenBSD. >> >> So it is alive, and does not refuse to to respond, right? >> > > Correct. > >> >> file.ppd is nothing but a made up name for a file that you >> need to replace with the right PPD file for that printer. >> > > Right. > >>> OpenBSD has never give me so much trouble before. ;) >> >> It is not OpenBSD that is giving you trouble. >> >> > > My ignorance. :) > > -Girish > > -- > G3 Tech > Networking appliance company > web: http://g3tech.in mail: [email protected] > -- G3 Tech Networking appliance company web: http://g3tech.in mail: [email protected]
