[ale] Printing Situation

[James Kinney]

Do have the remote machine listed in the /etc/hosts.lpd file?

Updating RH6.2 to current 7.1 will change lpr to lprng. A better (usually)
solution but as with all unix print, not perfect. It
works/connects/sets-up differntly than lpr. Don't use CUPS so I can't
compare. I can tell you that different versions of LPRng did not play well
during development. I currently run nearly equal version on my clients and
servers and it woks well. Except for killing a print job seems to require
that the lprng daemon be restarted to allow printing again. (?!)

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Mandrake 7.2 (CUPS) on the desktop, RH 6.2 on the server (lpr).  I have set
> up a networked HP LaserJet 4050 such that the server can print to it and
> test pages initiated from the server work; the name that appears in the
> server's printtool is "lp".  So, I go to the desktop and try to set up a
> printer in CUPS, selecting the LJ 4050 filter and aiming at the queue "lp"
> on the server.   Nothing comes out.  On the desktop, /var/log/cups/error_log
> ends with the ever-so-helpful "Remote host did not accept control file".  I
> can't find a log on the server side that might indicate what is wrong.
>
> First, are these print systems even compatible?
> Second, if theoretically so, is there a "trick" to getting CUPS to print to
> a remote lpd queue?
> Third, any recommendations on one system versus the other?  I'm expecting to
> put current versions of distros on these machines soon and this might affect
> my choices.
>
> - Jeff
>
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