At 16:15 Uhr +0100 26.11.1997, Ken Nakata wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:19:34 -0500 (EST),
>Chris Jewell <jewell@jewellce.es.dupont.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have MacBSD running on my IIci and it is connect ted to an intranet at
>> my office.  Is there a way that I can set up to print to the machines
>> which are on the other hosts on the network?  If so how do I do that?
>
>If the printer at your office is lpd compatible, then it's possible.
>I can't provide you with a detailed step-by-step instruction right
>now, but it can be done.  Try "man printcap".  It should have
>information or pointers to information necessary to set up a remote
>printer.

Two more sources of information:

1) The FreeBSD Handbook (available in html format) has an extensive chapter
on lpd setups; most of the handbook is applicable for NetBSD, btw.

2) There is a L*nux printing-howto floating around that helped me a lot
some weeks ago.

	hauke


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