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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Networked printing in FreeBSD Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 10:58:37 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 39 Message-ID: <31A89BCD.1A76@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) I have set up a printer on my primary FreeBSD host, inserted the appropriate entries in my /etc/printcap file, created the spooling directory, and all that. It works fine as a local printer. The relevant entry in printcap is: sj48|SJ48|lp|Starjet SJ-48 Inkjet printer:\ :sh:lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :sd=/var/spool/sj48:\ :pw=80:pl=66: The last line appears superfluous, but I tried it in my effort to activate remote printing to this printer. The main computer is named odin, and is internally accessible by that name. Now, in a second computer, heimdall, I have the /etc/printcap entry: sj48|SJ48|lp|Starjet SJ-48 Inkjet printer:\ :sh:lp=:sd=/var/spool/sj48:\ :rm=odin:rp=sj48: I have three files sitting in heimdall's spool directory, and a status file that says: waiting for queue to be enabled on odin. the lpq command lists three jobs, and then gives the message: lpd: your host does not have line printer access. Obviously I have missed something in this installation, but what? I've been avidly scanning the handbook with lynx, so I can do it locally, but I can't seem to find the missing link. Ideas, anyone? Pleeease? Thanks much, Ken