[PLUG] BSD lpr

[David Fleck]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Brian Beattie wrote:
> Is there a way around this?  I think there is CUPS package. Since I use
> DHCP for my laptop's address hosts.equiv will need a number of
> addresses.

Can you install CUPS on the FreeBSD box?  Will that get around this
problem?

> While I stuck working this temporary contract in the waste lands of
> Maryland, I've got my laptop (debian) and a (very) small FreeBSD
> system.  I'd like to hang the printer off the BSD system and send
> print jobs over the network form my laptop.  I installed the LPRng
> package but can't seem to get it to accept print jobs.  So any clues
> would be appreciated.

Are there entries in /var/log/lpd-errs?  Any indication that lpd is
recognizing the print request?


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David Fleck
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