[plug] printer problem

[Larry O'Reilly]

At 4:18 PM +0800 15/4/99, Ian Kent wrote:
>At 02:45 PM 12-04-99 +0800, Larry O'Reilly wrote something like:
>
>snip ...
>
>>
>>My printcap file has-
>>
>>laseriig|g7|LaserWriter IIG PS on AppleTalk:\
>>        :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/laseriig:\
>>        :lp=/usr/spool/lpd/laseriig/null:\
>>        :lf=/var/adm/lpd-errs:pw#80:hl:sf:mx#0:sh:\
>>        :of=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ofpap:
>
>So how does lpd know the hostname and queue name of the remote printer.
>
>printcap(5) ?
>
>
>--
>Ian Kent

You started me thinking.

My appletalk printer is behind a router and I thought atalkd would know
about these things, however, a one line file was missing holding just the
printer nbp name.

Thanks

Larry O'Reilly
Department of Microbiology
University of Western Australia

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