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configuring remote printer



Hi,
I am having trouble configuring a remote printer to work with my
openBSD 3.6 box. I'll try to give as many pertinent details as I can:
I have opeBSD installed on a IBM Thinkpad 600X which is connected to a
NETGEAR router(WGR614 v4) via an ADMTek AN983 PCMCIA network adapter
using DHCP. My internet
connection is fully operational(after performing a dhclient on the
network card). My HP Deskjet 612c is connected directly to my Desktop
computer-Z2DT is the name of my desktop (serial port) which is running
Windows XP Home Edition (also connected to the router). I tried
editing the  printcap file; uncommenting the
"lp"  line and changing it to read: 
lp:line printer on Z2DT:\
    :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/loglpd=errs:
    :rm=Z2DT:rp=lp
ps|Ghostscript driver on Z2DT:\
    :lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lp=errs:\
    :mx#0:\
    :rm=Z2DT:rp=ps

I also edited rc.conf by uncommenting the line lpd_flags and changing
the value to "" instead of "NO"

When I run lpc>status, it says that queuing is enabled, printing is
enabled, 3 entries in spool area and printer idle. ps: queuing is
enabled, printing is enabled, cannot examine spool directory.

When I try to run lpr I get: /dev/lp:No such file or directory.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Zeigler



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