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Subject: Re: [9fans] lp server
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:23:53 -0400
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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> mostly, just edit /sys/lib/lp/devices and start the network listener.
> for the former, the "pcclone" entry should be pretty close to what you
> want, although if it's a dot-matrix printer, you almost certainly will
> want some other device class for your dot-matrix printer (unless
> ghostscript knows how to drive it, you're likely just going to get
> text via noproc). for the later, likely just remove the ! from
> /rc/bin/service/!tcp515 if you're already running aux/listen (as on a
> cpu server); otherwise inspect its contents for handing to
> aux/listen1.

I'm now trying to set the thing up so it works across the network;
I *think* it's listening on port 515, and I get the following in my
/sys/lib/lp/log/lpdaemonl file when I try to print from my linux
box:
Oct 22 22:07:50 [00185] -dqueue -M<linuxbox> -ujohn
Oct 22 22:07:50 [00185] read error; lost connection

If I try to print locally, I get the following error:
cpu% lp -d pcclone /sys/lib/lp/log/lp*
echo: write error: i/o error

It seems that not too many people are printing, especially not with
a parallel-port dot-matrix, but does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

John