Re: printcap

2010-09-22 Thread kline
On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 19:57 -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > > > Can somebody point me to some information about what to write into > > /etc/printcap on a FreeBSD machine for a Laserjet that is connected though > > CUPS on an OpenSolaris server? > > It'

Re: printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: Can somebody point me to some information about what to write into /etc/printcap on a FreeBSD machine for a Laserjet that is connected though CUPS on an OpenSolaris server? It's not clear how that printer is connected. If it's on the network itsel

Re: printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Dick, I'm not sure if this will help you, but here's what I did on my network to print directly to an HP LaserJet on my LAN. Pick a name (and a few convenient aliases) for the printer, and put them in the /etc/printcap file. hp|officehp:\ :sh:\ :rm=192.168.1.50:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/officehp:\ :mx