Printing to a Lanier LD160c does not work

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Fri Oct 17 15:52:59 PDT 2008


> 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:
>
> I think this also makes the assumption that the printer knows how to
> speak the LPR protocol.  If it listens on a custom port, you can use
> portnumber at ipaddress instead.  See the printcap(5) man page, I guess.

he said that lpd queue gets drained. so printer DO accept the data.



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