TCP printing using lpd.... is it possible???

[Peter Hessler]

If the printer is running lpd on its side, you can edit the 
/etc/printcap file.  take a look at the 'rp' entry.


On 2007 Feb 08 (Thu) at 07:15:05 +0000 (+0000), Bryan wrote:
:I recently bought myself an excellent little 6300 series All-in-one HP
:printer.  I wanted to be able to print, and scan, but right now, I
:will just try to print.  It has networking, and an IP on our home
:network.
:
:I wondered if it was possible to print to it.  I read what I could of
:the lpd man page, but no mention of TCP settings, or IP address
:connections.  Using BSD as a print server was the only way I saw that
:an IP address was used in this manner.
:
:Also, has anyone had any luck compiling/building the new HPLIP.  I saw
:FreeBSD had a port for it, but OpenBSD still has the old HPIJS.  I'd
:love to be able to print, and scan with my new printer...
:
:Cheers,
:Bryan
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