I remember there being a few issues regarding network printing with BSD style lpr programs (have you tried lprold, unsure if it is in SuSE 8.x, will know this weekend when I upgrade to 8.1)? If you are using a bsd print system try the following in order: 1) ping ip of the printer. If this doesn't succeed, then there may be a network issue to be resolved first. 2) telnet to network interface for the printer, on HP Jetdirects it's ususally port 513. 3) ftp a postscript file to the printer. Not all network inferfaces support that, so consult your manual. 4) Check your /etc/printcap. A very basic on looks like: mylaserps|My Laser Printer:\ :lp=:\ :rm=192.168.1.20:\ :rp=lp:\ :if=/usr/local/bin/enscript-filter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/vogt203ps:\ :sh:mx#0: Where 192.168.1.20 is the IP of my network printer. :rm=<priter ip>: for "Remote" and :rp=lp: for "Remote Printer". :if=<postscript generator>: for "Input filter" :sd=<spool directory>: for "spool direcotry" and I forgot what :sh:mx#0: means. You may not need the :if=<pg>: tag if you are always sending postscript to your printer. Jonathan Paul Cowherd Linux and Java Administrator Genscape, Inc. Email: jonathan.cowherd@genscape.com Office: (502) 583-3730 Mobile: (502) 314-0444 -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McLauchlan [mailto:kmclauchlan@chrysalis-its.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:01 PM To: 'SuSE' Subject: Re: [SLE] My patience has run out On Wednesday 30 October 2002 16:46, Jonathan Cowherd wrote:
Make sure that the page spec is set to letter and not A4. Found that a few years ago with a HP LJ4.
I never got to the point where that would be an issue. YaST2 never looked past the local network segment when "searching" for printers, and there was no dialog to TELL it to look past the nearest hub and to specify the address of the subnet where all our company printers live... So, I tried setting up lpr and failed, and then tried setting up cups... and failed... and back and forth, several times, each time getting farther away. I never got to the point that I could be in an application and say "print" and have it print anything recognizable at any of our printers (most of which are postscript). a2ps = no go. I got busy with real work and abandoned the effort several months ago. Maybe I'll try again when I install 8.1 and THAT fails to find any networked printers (how's that for confidence? :-) I'd be deliriously happy if the only print issue was how to get letter-size or A4 as default. At home, of course, there's no difficulty printing to my locally-connected DeskJet 812. Cheers, /kevin -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com