"Rick Rankin" <rrankin1424-cyg...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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From: Steve Rainbird
"Rick Rankin" wrote in message
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>> From: Steve Rainbird
>>
>
>> How can I print to a network printer?
>>
>> I know if its attached to a server I can say
>>
>> lpr -d //server/printer file
>>
>>
>> But what do I do if the printer isn't attached to a server and is just
>> a
printer
>> on the network?
>
> You should be able to add the printer through control panel, which will
> give
it a local name. You can then use that name as the argument to -d. It's
usually
simpler if the name doesn't contain any spaces, but that's not a
requirement.
>
> Many network printers also provide a UNC-style name (//server/printer),
> even
though they're not directly connected a server, per se. If you can browse
to the
printer when you're adding it, you should be able to use that name
directly. It
all depends on how the provides its networking capability.
>
> I assume you know that lpr is quite stupid, i.e., it just spools the
> file,
assuming that it is already correctly formatted for the target printer.
It was
originally written to spool a postscript file to a postscript printer. It
didn't
need to do any formatting.
>
> --Rick
>
>
I am actually using enscript which I assume uses lpr for its printing?
-- Steve
Well, by default it does. A couple of (hopefully) obvious questions: Is
the file you're trying to print (PRINT.BALANCES.20081203083027) a simple
ASCII file, and is the printer (IAS_HP4PBN_A) a postscript printer?
--Rick
Rick,
Yes its a simple ascii file.
I think its a postscript printer but even if I use lpr directly it does the
same thing (or doesn't if you see what I mean).
--
Steve
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