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From: kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Remote printer queues using lprbe
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Date: 17 Jan 90 15:19:00 GMT
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  I'm trying to allow an IBM RT to print a LaserWriter connected to
a Sun workstation. If I define the Sun as "printserver" in /etc/hosts
and use lprbe directly the file gets printed. (lprbe -pqueue=ps <file>)

  However, when I try to do it with a printer queue, the job vanishes
into thin air. The manual waves its hands and says that lprbe will
be invoked by the qdaemon but I've never seen this happen. I tried
running the printer install script in the tcp/ip samples directory and
it added the following lines:

rp0:
	argname = rp0
	friend = TRUE
	device = drp0

drp0:
	backend = /usr/bin/lprbe

rp0 shows up in the print -q listing, and jobs are accepted via print -rp0
but nothing ever appears on the printer, in the queue, or on the Sun.
I also tried cooking up my own stanzas and failed there, too. Any suggestions
would be most welcome, including "Go read manual X". (I tried the Managing
AIX, the TCP/IP manual for AIX, and the commands reference manual. Lots of
hand waving when it comes to queuing files for remote non-AIX hosts but no
examples that work.)

Thanks, in advance.



-David C. Kovar
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