Re: [SLUG] print servers

From: Seth Hollen (seth@hollen.org)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 15:45:06 EDT


Still no luck on printing, is there a specific virtual port on the smc router
I could specify?

On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:08 pm, you wrote:
> There are three distinct concepts that I mentioned so I will break them
> down individually. Hopefully, we will discover where the process is
> breaking down for you.
>
> Please bear in mind that I do not have any Linux machine at home right now
> so this is all going from memory. You caught me at a bad time -Usually I
> have two or three running at any one time :) Ergo, I will make
> syntactical errors so consult your man pages for proper syntax.
>
> 1. The easiest concept: Printing in "RAW". In your /etc/printcap file
> your printcap entry will look similar to this:
>
> printer name|some other alias|:\
>
> :rm={IP or Host of SMC Barricade}:\
> :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\
>
> and a few other settings. Essentially what you are doing is pointing the
> linux box to the parallel port of the SMC. The SMC will in turn simply
> pass it through to the printer unformatted. Pretty simple and really only
> useful for ASCII text only. But try to get this working first.
>
> 2. Printing using Printer Control Language (PCL). If you had the most
> minimalistic printcap entry which is what I have, little extras like bold
> and different font sizes become unavailable to you. If I want to print
> landscape, courier 8 in bold, I embed the formatting changes directly into
> my document. See
> http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/support_doc/bpl03718.html#P17_1566
> for more generic information on PCL. It looks cryptic, and it is, so if
> you have a specific question about PCL let me know.
>
> 3. Printing using filter files. What a filter file is, for lack of a
> better term, is a driver file for your printer that tells the printer
> daemon how to process the document. It takes care of all of the mundane
> things for you. If you had a filter file, your printcap entry would look
> similar to:
>
> printer name|some other alias|:\
>
> :rm={IP or Host of SMC Barricade}:\
> :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\
> :if=/var/spool/somefile:\
> :of=/var/spool/someotherfile:\
>
> where the :if is your input filter and :of is your output filter. and I
> belief there is one or two more :*f filters available.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Seth Hollen <seth@hollen.org>
> Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] print servers
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:55:51 -0400
>
> could you give more details? i'm definately a newbie with printing! Thanks
>
> On Tuesday 21 August 2001 02:09 pm, you wrote:
> > try a prot name of "raw", or "pr". This is a subtle trick in getting IP
> > printing via lpr to work on HP print servers, and Axis print servers.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Seth Hollen" <seth@hollen.org>
> > To: <slug@nks.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] print servers
> >
> > > I have the same router but can't get the print server to work in linux
> > > It's driving me crazy!, but it works well as a router
> > > could you tell us how you did it?
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 09:30 am, you wrote:
> > > > I have had the SMC for only a few weeks and one firmware revision
>
> ago.
>
> > The
> >
> > > > primary reason that I purchased it was the firewall/4 port switch so
> > > > the print server was just gravy. The only "flaw" for me is the
> > > > lack of detailed logging that my Linux firewall used to provide.
> > > >
> > > > Attached to the print server is an HP LaserJet 3100. The OS' that
> >
> > connect
> >
> > > > to the print server are: RH and Corel Linux, Windows NT, Windows
>
> 2000,
>
> > > > Windows ME, and Windows XP. So far no noticeable issues but I am
>
> just
>
> > > > getting started with XP.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Seth
> > > Seth@hollen.org
> > >
> > > I live in my own little world, but it's ok... they know me
> > > here.

-- 
Seth
Seth@hollen.org

I live in my own little world, but it's ok... they know me here.



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