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Xref: sserve comp.sys.hp:17297 comp.unix.bsd:6196 comp.unix.ultrix:14193 comp.unix.questions:26850 Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.questions Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!xn.ll.mit.edu!ll.mit.edu!yasu From: yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich) Subject: Re: Remote Printing from HP to BSD systems Message-ID: <1992Oct7.175217.18806@ll.mit.edu> Sender: news@ll.mit.edu Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory References: <1992Oct1.101600.10026@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> <1992Oct06.201338.2138@news.mentorg.com> <1992Oct7.073653.20235@autelca.ascom.ch> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 17:52:17 GMT Lines: 42 In article <1992Oct7.073653.20235@autelca.ascom.ch> nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) writes: >stevej@hpc.mentorg.com (Steve Jumonville) writes: > > >>System V printing is painful to use if you're not familiar with it. >Yes. I completely agree with this statement. > >>I suggest you use the menu driven 'sam' utility (System Admin Manager) to >>set up printing to BSD. When you're in sam, follow the menu tree down through >>peripherals, printers and plotters, to "setting up a remote printer". If you >>have questions, use the "Help" funciton key. >We solved it in a very simple way: > chown lp /usr/bin/lp > chmod u+s /usr/bin/lp (now /usr/bin/lp is running as user "lp" !) >This is necessary because on every *n*x system around there is an user "lp". j(At least, on any *n*x system we have here, HP's, SUN's, Interactive UNIX, etc.) >Now you can write a simple model/interface file which just does a remote shell >on the other system and that's it. >Something like > cat file | 'rsh BSDhost lp -Pbsd-printer-name' > >>By the way, run 'sam' in an 'hpterm' window if you want access to function keys. >I guess, that you could do it with 'sam' on HP's, we never used it on >System V. > >Hope this helps, > >Norbert. How about this. How do you print directly to a printer which is on a terminal server. You need ip address and port address on the server. ???? -- Alan Yasutovich "inquiring (and nosey) minds WANT TO KNOW!!!" I can remember when "safe sex" meant having a padded headboard!! Tick Tock.....Tick Tock......Tick Tock .....Tick Tock......