[ale] Q: Setting printer to accept jobs from net

[Jonathan Glass]

On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 21:34, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> I have a RH-7.3-derived box with a local printer: an Epson 740i that is 
> well managed by ghostscript and running under LPRng. I would like to offer 
> that printer as a UNIX PS printer to clients on my LAN.
> 
> I would appreciate someone's directing me to the correct FM, and maybe
> offering a couple of hints. I understand that open lpr services are a
> security hazard, but I am running behind a firewall that forwards only one
> port from outside - not that one.
> 
> TIA for any guidance.
> 
>  - John Mills
>    john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu


Should be as easy as
1) Opening that port on the firewall (/etc/services -> printer, 515 tcp & udp)
2) Reloading your firewall.
3) Pointing your other boxes to that queue (epson at printserver.a.b.c.edu)
4) HTH

http://www.lprng.org/