Printing to network printers

[Steve Rainbird]

"Rick Rankin" <rrankin1424-cygwin@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>> From: Steve Rainbird
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>> "Rick Rankin" wrote in message
>> news:189950.11753.qm@web65613.mail.ac4.yahoo.com...
>> >> From: Steve Rainbird
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>> >> How can I print to a network printer?
>> >>
>> >> I know if its attached to a server I can say
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>> >> lpr -d //server/printer file
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>> >> 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > --Rick
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>> I am actually using enscript which I assume uses lpr for its printing?
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>> -- Steve
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> Well, by default it does. A couple of (hopefully) obvious questions: Is 
> the file you're trying to print (PRINT.BALANCES.20081203083027) a simple 
> ASCII file, and is the printer (IAS_HP4PBN_A) a postscript printer?
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> --Rick
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Rick,

Yes its a simple ascii file.

I think its a postscript printer but even if I use lpr directly it does the 
same thing (or doesn't if you see what I mean).

-- 
Steve 



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