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Re: Remote printing from an RT...

#1797
From: Stuart Freedman {x3262}
Date: Wed, 24 May 1989 14:59
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You should be able to print via a simple "print printername filename"
command if you have the right stanza in /etc/qconfig defining the printer
name (don't forget the -naix argument for talking correctly with a non-AIX
print server).  The stanzas I have are:

foo:
	argname = foo
	friend = TRUE
	device = foodev

foodev:
	backend = /usr/bin/lprbe -statusfile -pserver=hostname -pqueue=printername -naix

This worked fine for me...  (lprbe is the "lpr back end" program for AIX,
which lets it talk the correct UCB protocol, I believe.)
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From: stuart@io.UUCP (Stuart Freedman {x3262})
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Subject: Re: Remote printing from an RT...
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Date: 24 May 89 14:59:58 GMT
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