X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org References: <189950 DOT 11753 DOT qm AT web65613 DOT mail DOT ac4 DOT yahoo DOT com> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:34:05 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Rankin Subject: Re: Printing to network printers To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <315835.54676.qm@web65606.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > From: Steve Rainbird > > "Rick Rankin" wrote in message > news:189950 DOT 11753 DOT qm AT web65613 DOT mail DOT ac4 DOT yahoo DOT 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 > 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? --Rick -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/