Re: remote printing under OpenBSD

["J.D. Carlson" <jd@noc7.uchsc.edu>]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 09:34:03AM -0500, Andrew Falanga wrote:
> Ok,
> 
>     I have a book entitled Essential System Administration, O'Reilly
> & Assc. 2nd Edition.  (It's probably out of date now.)  Anyway, this
> book describes configuration of the /etc/printcap file for remote
> printers.  However, it doesn't say anything about proper setup for an
> HP JetDirect card.  Last week, I rev'd up the firware on my HP JetDirect
> card to support manual config of IP.  I've configured IP and now I want
> to make my OpenBSD boxes send print job's there.
> 
>     I was doing ok with the printcap file until it mentioned and entry
> for the port number on the remote host.  Obviously, the printer isn't
> running any OS so there is no port.  Does anyone have any experience
> with Jet Direct and OpenBSD?  Can anyone steer me in the right
> directions?

You can leave it out.  HP Jet direct cards use port 515 by default, which 
is also what the lp daemon uses as well.

Here is a simple printcap I use:

#	$OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.2 1996/05/26 10:25:26 deraadt Exp $

# printer IP name is gump, use rp=text for non postscript output
lp|halebopp:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh=true:\
	:rm=gump:\
	:rp=text:\
	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
# to print postscript use rp=raw 
lpps|hale:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpps:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh=true:\
	:rm=gump:\
	:rp=raw:\
	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:


/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter is an empty file for me right now.

in actual usage, it is 'lpr -Plpps  file.ps'  to print a postscript file
printing from netscape, just specify lpr -Plpps in the print command box
to eliminate the extra page printed after each print job, add the -h
command eg.  lpr -h -Plpps 

J.D. Carlson, Univ of Colo Health Sciences Ctr