Re: New User Printer Question

[Adam Thompson <athompso@commerced.com>]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Byron Miller wrote:
> I'm trying to add a printer, a Lexmark OptraLx+ to my OpenBSD box. The 
> printer has a network card, and that is the preferred method of setup.
> Trouble is, I can't find much in the way of setup resources. Does anyone 
> have any instructions for setting one up? I'm used to SCOAdmin and other 
> user friendly utils like that ;).

The Lx+ has a built-in MarkNet PRO or MarkNet S adapter, both of which
support standard BSD LPR protocols for printing.

>From the printer's front panel, you need to assign an IP address, subnet
mask (and gateway if desired - it doesn't hurt).

Then, you need to edit /etc/printcap by hand.  See "man printcap" for
details.  There's even a sample entry in there already.

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