Re: Share a printer?
From: Dave Uhring (daveuhring_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/20/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 19:33:00 -0500
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:12:18 -0700, Al C. wrote:
> Wife and I each have a computer running Linux. I have an very ancient HP
> laserjet printer connected to my parallel port. She has a 3 year old color HP
> deskjet 710 connected to her parallel port.
You set up an entry in /etc/printcap similar to this:
$ cat /etc/printcap
lp|HP Deskjet on tar:\
:lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:rm=tar:rp=lp
tar is the server's name and lp is that server's print queue name.
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