On Wed 16 Mar 2016 at 12:06:40 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 16 March 2016 10:12:59 Brian wrote: > > > Now find a *small* PDF file and send it directly to the printer with > > netcat: > > > > nc 192.168.71.20 9100 < file.pdf > > > > or > > > > nc BRN001BA9E3811F.local < file.pdf > > > > Does it print? > > Doesn't look like it: > > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ nc BRN001BA9E3811F.local <7i77_layout.pdf > no port[s] to connect to > gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ nc 192.168.71.20 < 7i77_layout.pdf > no port[s] to connect to
Haven't you omitted the port to connect to? Just like I did for one of the lines above. :(. Apologies. nc 192.168.71.20 9100 < 7i77_layout.pdf ^^^^