printing during a telnet session in freebsd

jedimastermopar · 08-05-2004, 03:29 PM

Ok so if i use
lptest > /dev/lpt0
I can print
but what I need to do is be able to print from withint a telnet session to another machine? normally people press ctrl + shift + . to send a page to the printer but when I do that I only get a . echoed onto the thscreen. any ideas? I am telneting to an HP-UX 11 Machine running the dynix software(A library database) It uses universe I think.

frob23 · 08-05-2004, 08:38 PM

lpr -Pprinter_name file.to.print

Note, the remote printer must be in /etc/printcap on the system you are logged into. For example, I had this in /etc/printcap on one of my machines. This was setup by ApsFilter but you can do something similar by hand.

Code:

aps1|ijs/DESKJET_660;r=300x300;q=medium;c=full;p=letter;m=auto:\
    :lp=:\
    :rm=172.23.23.23:\
    :rp=lp:\
    :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/aps1:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/aps1/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/aps1/acct:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sh:

On that system I would just type:

Code:

lpr -Paps1 memo.pdf

and the file memo.pdf would print at the computer with ip address 172.23.23.23 -- you have to be in /etc/hosts.lpd on the system with the printer to do this. You can also set the PRINTER shell variable so you don't have to type the printer name... it will automatically assume the remote printer.

That is just a basis to get you started. Without knowing specifically how the system is setup I can't help you too much. My advice (if you don't administer the system) is to take a peek in /etc/printcap and see if they define any remote printers.

jedimastermopar · 08-06-2004, 08:05 AM

The printer is a dot matrix parralell printer physically on the computer. So what I have is like this.

DotMatrix Printer<---LPTCABLE---->ComputerRunningBSD<--Telnet session--> to HPUX server

So I turn the computer on, login and type telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX then login and now I can't print.

frob23 · 08-06-2004, 10:48 AM

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...th=HP-UX+11.22
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...22&format=html

And you are going to want to read the freebsd man pages for setting up the actual printer.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...SE&format=html
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...+5.2.1-RELEASE

The reason you can't just print is because you are no longer "part" of the FreeBSD system when you are telnetted into the HPUX system. You have to specify where to send the document and the FreeBSD machine must be setup to receive it.

jedimastermopar · 08-06-2004, 11:38 AM

The account that I am logging into the HP-UX machine was one that printing was already working. If I log in via a windows machine with that account it can print to a local printer, also if I log in via a dumb terminal it can print to a local printer as well. Is this because BSD seems to label the device aas lpt0 and not lpt1?

frob23 · 08-06-2004, 11:55 AM

Nah, that shouldn't be a problem... check what the device is called that you print to (should be in your PRINTER variable or in /etc/printcap on the hpux machine). Make sure you have a similar printer setup on the BSD box... and lpd accepts request... and the ip of the hpux server is in /etc/hosts.lpd