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Re: Remote printer setup

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Wed Oct 21 18:23:52 1998

Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 18:18:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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>>>>> "rs" == Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> writes:

rs>   In the RH 5.1 Installation Guide (page 124) I read that in order to
rs> print from a networked, remote workstation through the server to the
rs> printers, I need a file called /etc/hosts.lpd. However, the guide doesn't
rs> say what format this file has nor whether it's on the workstation or the
rs> server.

rs>   I checked for a man page, but without success. Where do I learn how to
rs> do this? I want to print from WordPerfect 7 on the remote workstation to
rs> the LJ 5 or Canon BJC-4550 connected to the server.

Just list the names of the machines allowed access to the printers,
i.e. the format:

hostname.domain.name

such as:

test.appl-ecosys.com

Simple huh,

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Ray Curtis         Unix Programmer/Consultant   Curtis Consulting
mailto:ray@ray.clark.net                        http://www.clark.net/pub/ray
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