At 12:36 PM -0800 2/5/98, Chris Jewell wrote:
>> The example file in /etc isn't bad, but I don't know about VAX queues.  The
>> entry I have for a HP LaserJet 5MP is:
>>
>> lp|remote|hotz|301-235E:\
>>         :lp=:rm=hotzlp:rp=text:mx#0:rw:sh:\
>>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>>         :sd=/var/spool/output/lj5_text:
>
>In this example is this a printer with an IP address on a Network?  Or is
>this a local printer?  301-253E, is that the name of the printer?  Is that
>name a DNS entry, if it has an IP address?  Is it possible to set it to
>print directly to the printer's IP address?  In this way I could
>circumvent printing to a VAX queue altogether.
>
>-Chris

This printer has a DNS entry: hotzlp.jpl.nasa.gov.  (You could print to it
if you wanted, but I'll just throw the paper away.  You could telnet to the
configuration page, but I have it password protected.)  301-235E is the
building-room the printer is in;  its just a name as far as *BSD is
concerned.  lp is the name of the default printer so this is the default
entry.

Try man printcap.  This entry is similar to what you need to connect to any
remote print queue on another computer.  The HP interfaces are a bit
smarter than most, and pretend to be a print queue on a *BSD machine.

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