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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: /etc/printcap for remote printing Message-ID: <1992Oct17.042845.22070@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <Bw6L5A.Du2@ibmpcug.co.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 04:28:45 GMT Lines: 19 In article <Bw6L5A.Du2@ibmpcug.co.uk> adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) writes: >Could someone please tell me why I cannot print remotely. I have >the following entry in my /etc/printcap file, which works with >Sys V systems, and some BSD systems. > >postscript:\ > :lp=:rm=office:rp=kodak-ps:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/postscript: I am able to print remotely from one 386BSD system via another with the following entry: lp|local line printer:\ <tab>:lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:rm=worm:rp=lp where <tab> is a tab character. The spool directory is evidently wrt the local machine (as I understand it), so the sd entry might be the source of your problem. -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>