Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 09:42:41PM -0700, Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez wrote:
> El Jue 16 Oct 2008, Jeremy Chadwick escribió:
> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 08:36:42PM +0000, ajphanks at comcast.net wrote:
> > > I am trying to setup a Lanier LD160c (admincolor) that has a network
> > > interface.  I am new to FreeBSD and tried to follow the handbook.  I am
> > > able to print to a HP 5SI (corp-admin) with no problems.  There are no
> > > errors in the lpd-errs and the file is drained from the queue, but the
> > > printer does not print anything.  And this is a working printer to
> > > Windows. lpr -P admincolor testfile.txt
> > >
> > > printcap:
> > > corp-admin|hp|laserjet|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5Si:\
> > >
> > >         :lp=\
> > >         :sd=/var/spool/output/corp-admin:rm=corp-admin:\
> > >         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> > >         :if=/usr/local/libexec/crlfilter:sh:tr=\f:mx#0:
> > >
> > > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\
> > >
> > >         :lp=\
> > >         :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\
> > >         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> >
> > If this printer is hooked up on the network (e.g. via Ethernet), I
> > believe you need to set the lp variable to the hostname or IP address of
> > the printer, e.g.:
> >
> > admincolor|hp|laserjet|LANIER LD160c RPCS:\
> >
> >       :lp=192.168.1.100\
> >       :sd=/var/spool/output/admincolor:rm=admincolor:\
> >       :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> >
> 
> Negative, leave the lp capability blank, explicitly (:lp=:).
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-advanced.html#PRINTING-ADVANCED-NETWORK-RM

Then the printcap(5) man page should reflect this; the existing
explanations for both fields are painfully terse.

lp         str       /dev/lp                device name to open for
                                            output, or port at machine to
                                            open a TCP socket
rm         str       NULL                   machine name for remote
                                            printer

I can file a PR (to doc) on this if recommended.

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