[SuSE Linux] Remote Printer setup (printcap)
I am having trouble getting my printcap files correct, would some kind sole please give me the basic setup for a 300 dpi postscript printer located at 172.22.1.3 with a print queue named psprint? I know, I read the manual, tried putting it in using YaST ( no choice for remote printer) setting it up as a local printer on lpt1, then changing it to 172.22.1.3 but not doing so good... The actual printer is a laserjet III (model 33449A), but I found in RedHat, the only way to get it to print anything other than text was to add a postcript cartridge. The ghostscript selection of lj3 didn't work properly, none of the laserjet filters worked properly ( tried them all). It is a shame, because I prefer using pcl. thanks in advance... joe - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
On 10-Sep-98 Joe Lerch wrote:
I am having trouble getting my printcap files correct, would some kind sole please give me the basic setup for a 300 dpi postscript printer located at 172.22.1.3 with a print queue named psprint?
Well I too had problems using Yast to do this job... I doesn't seem that it can
be used to set up remote printers (despite it saying it can I think)
Here is a sample from my /etc/printcap which may help. Note this is on a
RedHat 4.2 machine
# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 300x300 a4 {} PostScript Default {}
lp|PostScript:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=aphex:\
:rp=printer_140:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE POSTSCRIPT 300x300 a4 {} PostScript Default {}
colour:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/colour:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=aphex:\
:rp=colour:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/colour/filter:
Note the machine hosting the printer queues is called aphex.
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At 06:04 AM 09/10/98 +0000, Joe Lerch wrote:
I am having trouble getting my printcap files correct, would some kind sole please give me the basic setup for a 300 dpi postscript printer located at 172.22.1.3 with a print queue named psprint?
Joe, Attached below is file /etc/printcap for my SuSE 5.1 machine. The network printer is actually an Intel Netport print server with LPT1 and LPT2 ports. I have a HP 5MP (LPT1) and Canon BJC600 (LPT2) connected to the printer. Entry for 'remote', HP LJ, BJC600 was added using YaST. There are a couple of manual entries as well. HTH -- Arun Khan ++++++++++++++ Begin /etc/printcap ++++++++++++++ ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### PS_600dpi letter mono 600 ### # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels! # apsfilter setup Sun Jul 5 14:34:31 CDT 1998 # ascii|lp1|PS_600dpi-letter-ascii-mono-600|PS_600dpi letter ascii mono 600:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-ascii-mono-600:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-ascii-mono-600/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-ascii-mono-600/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/PS_600dpi-letter-ascii-mono-600:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # lp|lp2|PS_600dpi-letter-auto-mono-600|PS_600dpi letter auto mono 600:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-auto-mono-600:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-auto-mono-600/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-auto-mono-600/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/PS_600dpi-letter-auto-mono-600:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # raw|lp3|PS_600dpi-letter-raw|PS_600dpi letter raw:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/PS_600dpi-letter-raw:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # ### END apsfilter: ### PS_600dpi letter mono 600 ### ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### bjc600 letter color 360 ### # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels! # apsfilter setup Sun Jul 5 14:35:43 CDT 1998 # bjc600-ascii|lp4|bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360|bjc600 letter ascii mono 360:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-ascii-mono-360:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # bjc600|lp5|bjc600-letter-auto-color-360|bjc600 letter auto color 360:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-auto-color-360:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # bjc600-mono|lp6|bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360|bjc600 letter auto mono 360:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-auto-mono-360:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # bjc600-raw|lp7|bjc600-letter-raw|bjc600 letter raw:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-letter-raw/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/bjc600-letter-raw:\ :la:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # ### END apsfilter: ### bjc600 letter color 360 ### rmt-txt|Remote Printer Text:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5mp:\ :rm=192.168.11.3:\ :rp=LPT1_TEXT:\ :bk:sh:mx#0: rmt-ps|Remote Printer PostScript:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5mp:\ :rm=192.168.11.3:\ :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :bk:sh:mx#0: ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### remote 192.168.11.3 LPT1_PASSTHRU remote ### # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels! # apsfilter setup Mon Aug 24 23:53:57 CDT 1998 # remote|lp8|192.168.11.3-LPT1_PASSTHRU|192.168.11.3 LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :lp=:\ :rm=192.168.11.3:\ :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/192.168.11.3-LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/192.168.11.3-LPT1_PASSTHRU/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/192.168.11.3-LPT1_PASSTHRU/acct:\ :ar:bk:mx#0:\ :sh:sf: # ### END apsfilter: ### remote 192.168.11.3 LPT1_PASSTHRU remote ### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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