Printing to network printers

[Steve Rainbird]

"Rick Rankin" <rrankin1424-cygwin@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:189950.11753.qm@web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com...
>> From: Steve Rainbird
>>
>
>> How can I print to a network printer?
>>
>> I know if its attached to a server I can say
>>
>> lpr -d //server/printer file
>>
>>
>> But what do I do if the printer isn't attached to a server and is just a 
>> printer
>> on the network?
>
> You should be able to add the printer through control panel, which will 
> give it a local name. You can then use that name as the argument to -d. 
> It's usually simpler if the name doesn't contain any spaces, but that's 
> not a requirement.
>
> Many network printers also provide a UNC-style name (//server/printer), 
> even though they're not directly connected a server, per se. If you can 
> browse to the printer when you're adding it, you should be able to use 
> that name directly. It all depends on how the provides its networking 
> capability.
>
> I assume you know that lpr is quite stupid, i.e., it just spools the file, 
> assuming that it is already correctly formatted for the target printer. It 
> was originally written to spool a postscript file to a postscript printer. 
> It didn't need to do any formatting.
>
> --Rick
>
>

I am actually using enscript which I assume uses lpr for its printing?

-- 
Steve 



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