lpr -P queue@hostname

arizonagroovejet · 10-19-2009, 04:39 AM

Say I don't have root access on a machine and there's a remote printer I want to print to that isn't set up on the machine. I know the queue name for the remote printer and the server the queue is on. Is there anyway to print to that printer? I have a feeling that I once used, or saw it mentioned somewhere, that you can use

Code:

$ lpr -P queuename@hostname

but this doesn't work:

Code:

lpr: The printer or class was not found.

Code:

$ rpm -qf $(which lpr)
cups-client-1.3.9-8.15.1

tredegar · 10-19-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Say I don't have root access on a machine and there's a remote printer I want to print to that isn't set up on the machine.

Then you can't print to it. [ Think about it...

]

Ask the machine's sysadm to configure the printer so you can use it.