Remote Printing

[Jonathan Chen]

On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 04:20:32PM -0700, Mikko Ty?l?j?rvi wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2005, Jonathan Chen wrote:

[...]
> >>Can anyone direct me in the right direction?
> >
> >Uncomment/Tweak the following in your /etc/printcap:
> >
> >   remote|sample remote printer:\
> >       :sh:\
> >       :rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs
> >
> 
> The print server emulator in HP JetDirect tends to be single threaded,
> and so does not respond to requests like "lpq" while printing, which is
> why I prefer the method in my previous mail (configuring the printer
> as "local" with "lp=<host>@<port>". Queueing is then handled locally).

Cool. Thanks for the tip.

Cheers.
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