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- From: macleod@vissgi.cvrti.utah.edu (Rob MacLeod)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Printing to a VMS machine running multinet
- Message-ID: <34696@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 03:10:08 GMT
- Sender: news@adm.brl.mil
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- >I am trying (with no success) to set up a VMS machine running multinet
- >as a remote printer to an Iris Indigo. I know it possible to do this
- >from a unix machine, but I can't figure out how to get the Indigo to
-
- Easy, just set up an entry like this in your /etc/printcap file:
-
- # The printers connected via remote queues on the Vax.
-
- lp|rp0|lp0|lvb0|vtec0|Vax 4000 downstairs Versatec:\
- :lp=:\
- :rm=myvax.mydept.utah.edu:\
- :rp=lvb0:\
- :sd=/usr/spool/vtec0:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:
-
- rp1|lp1|lva0|vtec1|Vax 4000 upstairs Versatec:\
- :lp=:\
- :rm=myvax.mydept.utah.edu:\
- :rp=lva0:\
- :sd=/usr/spool/vtec1:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:
-
- rm = remote machine
- rp = remote printer (what the printer is known as in Vax-land
- sd = local directory where the print spooler can write files (I like to set
- up a directory for each printer si that when things goof up I know
- where the problem is coming from. Owner of these should be
- daemon.daemon or lp.lp (both seem to work) and protection = 775
- lf = error file
-
- Then make sure you have a /etc/hosts.equiv file set up with all your
- machines listed by *full* IP address, eg. (mysgi is the machine from which
- you want to print, myvax is the client Vax running multinet),
-
- localhost
- mysgi.mydept.utah.edu
- myvax.mydept.utah.edu
-
- Then just use
-
- lpr -P printername filename
-
- to send stuff over. To see what's happening use
-
- lpq -P printername
-
- Works like a charm for us.
-
- Rob.
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