Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: printing to non-netinfo network printers Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 91 04:55:19 GMT References: Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 18 I wrote: >I can use lpr to print a postscript file to the printer attached to one >of the Suns. I can use "nidump printcap ." and see that netinfo knows of >the printer definition. Likewise, the printer is defined in /etc/printcap. > >What I can't do is get any printer to show up in the "Print..." dialog. The answer was terribly obvious -- once I knew it. In the printcap file and netinfo printcap database, the field "_ignore" specifies that the print dialog should ignore this printer. It (apparently) does not affect lpr. I figured this out by trial and error. It may be documented, but I couldn't find it. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.