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- From: beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame)
- Subject: Re: Help with /etc/printcap under AIX (3.1.x)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.025006.9106@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
- Keywords: AIX PC-NFS printcap
- Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- References: <1992Aug24.215339.16291@evolving.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:50:06 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Aug24.215339.16291@evolving.com> acw@evolving.com (Andy White) writes:
- >
- >Help! I'm trying to allow a PC running Beame & Whiteside's PC-NFS to map a
- >LPT port to a postscript printer hanging off of an AIX 3.1 server, running the
- >bwnfsd daemon compiled from Beame & Whiteside's source (v2.3.0). I created
- >an entry for the PC in question under /etc/hosts and also /etc/hosts.lpd (per
- >B&W's instructions, there are also entries for the local server in each); and
- >I'm having no problems mounting filesystems to appropriate DOS drive letters.
- >According to the RTF'ed Manual, I need to define an /etc/printcap file. After
- >a little research into the Berkeley ways, I came up with the following printcap
- >entry:
- >
- ># this is all of /etc/printcap...
- >ps|lp|HP IIIsi Laserjet w/ PostScript|:\
- > :lp=:rm=shakespeare:rp=ps:sd=/usr/lpd/qdir:\
- > :lf=/dev/null:
- >
- >(Okay, I admit sending errors off to /dev/null is bad form, but this is a
- >quick & dirty test.) Alas, the thing doesn't work. Has anyone slain this
- >particular dragon?
- >
- >Many thanks in advance...
- >
-
- The /etc/printcap file needed for bwnfsd, is ONLY used to determine
- the available printers. The file is parsed when bwnfsd is started and NET
- LINK attempts are checked against the printers listed in /etc/printcap.
- The daemon only uses the name fields, thus a printcap file can look like:
-
- ps|lp|HP IIIsi Laserjet w/ PostScript:
-
- BW-NFS should be able to link to printers "ps" or "lp". If you are
- still having trouble, please send mail to tech@bws.com or call us at
- (416) 765-0822.
-
- Carl Beame
- Beame & Whiteside Software Ltd.
- tech@bws.com
-