On May 8, 8:10 am, "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
wrote:
> SCO Unix 5.0.7
> I want to add a remote unix printer.
> In scoadmin/printers/printmanager I select printer/add but Unix is
> not available (it's in parenthesis, as is netware and windows). I
> must be missing something but I am drawing a blank. What do i need
> to do to allow remote printing to a unix system (make
> printer/add/unix available)?

mkdev rlp ?

>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Martin"
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
To:
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: remote printing


> On May 8, 8:10 am, "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
> wrote:
>> SCO Unix 5.0.7
>> I want to add a remote unix printer.
>> In scoadmin/printers/printmanager I select printer/add but Unix is
>> not available (it's in parenthesis, as is netware and windows). I
>> must be missing something but I am drawing a blank. What do i need
>> to do to allow remote printing to a unix system (make
>> printer/add/unix available)?
>
> mkdev rlp ?

Yes, but if you hadn't received the magic incantation from on high like
this, it's also available right there on the same screen you were in.

Go to the System menu (to the right)
Print Services...
and select "[*] Remote UNIX Print Service Enabled"

For some reason you need this enabled the lpd server even if all you want to
do is be an lpd client.

Except you don't necessarily. I never use the built in stuff above but just
use a warpper printer interface which itself uses any other printer intrface
and either netcat or rlpr.
rlpr is a userspace lpd client that can send arbitrary print jobs to
arbitrary remote lpd servers from the command line just as you can with
netcat. Except instead of raw tcp it speaks lpr/lpd protocol. End result is
all printers are treated like local printers, all behave the same wrt
printer interface script options "lp -o this,that,other..." (normal lpd
printers like above do not use any printer interface, so you lose things
like printer init/formfeed/reset codes between jobs, lf/crlf translation,
etc..)
http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/#rlpnc
http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/#rlpr

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Believe it or not at 5/8/2007 01:24 PM, Brian K. White said:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Martin"
>Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
>To:
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:11 AM
>Subject: Re: remote printing
>
>
> > On May 8, 8:10 am, "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
> > wrote:
> >> SCO Unix 5.0.7
> >> I want to add a remote unix printer.
> >> In scoadmin/printers/printmanager I select printer/add but Unix is
> >> not available (it's in parenthesis, as is netware and windows). I
> >> must be missing something but I am drawing a blank. What do i need
> >> to do to allow remote printing to a unix system (make
> >> printer/add/unix available)?
> >
> > mkdev rlp ?
>
>Yes, but if you hadn't received the magic incantation from on high like
>this, it's also available right there on the same screen you were in.
>
>Go to the System menu (to the right)
>Print Services...
>and select "[*] Remote UNIX Print Service Enabled"
>
>For some reason you need this enabled the lpd server even if all you want to
>do is be an lpd client.
>
>Except you don't necessarily. I never use the built in stuff above but just
>use a warpper printer interface which itself uses any other printer intrface
>and either netcat or rlpr.
>rlpr is a userspace lpd client that can send arbitrary print jobs to
>arbitrary remote lpd servers from the command line just as you can with
>netcat. Except instead of raw tcp it speaks lpr/lpd protocol. End result is
>all printers are treated like local printers, all behave the same wrt
>printer interface script options "lp -o this,that,other..." (normal lpd
>printers like above do not use any printer interface, so you lose things
>like printer init/formfeed/reset codes between jobs, lf/crlf translation,
>etc..)
> http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/#rlpnc
> http://www.aljex.com/bkw/sco/#rlpr
>
>Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR
>+++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++.
>filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk!

Thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that "[*] Remote UNIX
Print Service Enabled" is also in ()'s and does not allow me to place
a * in the 'box'. The problem must be something deeper than that.
I'll take a look at your links.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: remote printing


> Believe it or not at 5/8/2007 01:24 PM, Brian K. White said:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dan Martin"
>>Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
>>To:
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:11 AM
>>Subject: Re: remote printing
>>
>>
>> > On May 8, 8:10 am, "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
>> > wrote:
>> >> SCO Unix 5.0.7
>> >> I want to add a remote unix printer.
>> >> In scoadmin/printers/printmanager I select printer/add but Unix is
>> >> not available (it's in parenthesis, as is netware and windows). I
>> >> must be missing something but I am drawing a blank. What do i need
>> >> to do to allow remote printing to a unix system (make
>> >> printer/add/unix available)?
>> >
>> > mkdev rlp ?
>>
>>Yes, but if you hadn't received the magic incantation from on high like
>>this, it's also available right there on the same screen you were in.
>>
>>Go to the System menu (to the right)
>>Print Services...
>>and select "[*] Remote UNIX Print Service Enabled"
>>
>>For some reason you need this enabled the lpd server even if all you want
>>to
>>do is be an lpd client.
>
> Thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that "[*] Remote UNIX Print
> Service Enabled" is also in ()'s and does not allow me to place a * in the
> 'box'. The problem must be something deeper than that.

Aha. Thats interesting.

Well the Net printer interface should get around that, since it uses it's
own netcat binary supplied in the same tar, and/or an rlpr binary available
from that same page. (link supplied before)

But, I'd still like to know the 'real' answer just out of curiosity.

What maintenance packs have you installed? 507 mp4 I think provides the
ability to choose (or not) cups as the print system, which makes a lot of
changes to the normal system and yet also attempts to remain somewhat
compatible. Is it possible you installed cups? (or almost did, or installed
it but not all the libraries it requires, or installed it then removed it,
etc...) Just grasping at straws really there. I would have always assumed it
was possible to not install the remote lpr/lpd support, but not easy to do
by accident, since it would be a deep buried subcomponent of one of the main
base system or connectivity components.

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Believe it or not at 5/10/2007 12:29 AM, Brian K. White said:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
>Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
>To:
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 7:30 AM
>Subject: Re: remote printing
>
>
> > Believe it or not at 5/8/2007 01:24 PM, Brian K. White said:
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Dan Martin"
> >>Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
> >>To:
> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:11 AM
> >>Subject: Re: remote printing
> >>
> >>
> >> > On May 8, 8:10 am, "Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants)"
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> SCO Unix 5.0.7
> >> >> I want to add a remote unix printer.
> >> >> In scoadmin/printers/printmanager I select printer/add but Unix is
> >> >> not available (it's in parenthesis, as is netware and windows). I
> >> >> must be missing something but I am drawing a blank. What do i need
> >> >> to do to allow remote printing to a unix system (make
> >> >> printer/add/unix available)?
> >> >
> >> > mkdev rlp ?
> >>
> >>Yes, but if you hadn't received the magic incantation from on high like
> >>this, it's also available right there on the same screen you were in.
> >>
> >>Go to the System menu (to the right)
> >>Print Services...
> >>and select "[*] Remote UNIX Print Service Enabled"
> >>
> >>For some reason you need this enabled the lpd server even if all you want
> >>to
> >>do is be an lpd client.
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that "[*] Remote UNIX Print
> > Service Enabled" is also in ()'s and does not allow me to place a * in the
> > 'box'. The problem must be something deeper than that.
>
>Aha. Thats interesting.
>
>Well the Net printer interface should get around that, since it uses it's
>own netcat binary supplied in the same tar, and/or an rlpr binary available
>from that same page. (link supplied before)
>
>But, I'd still like to know the 'real' answer just out of curiosity.
>
>What maintenance packs have you installed? 507 mp4 I think provides the
>ability to choose (or not) cups as the print system, which makes a lot of
>changes to the normal system and yet also attempts to remain somewhat
>compatible. Is it possible you installed cups? (or almost did, or installed
>it but not all the libraries it requires, or installed it then removed it,
>etc...) Just grasping at straws really there. I would have always assumed it
>was possible to not install the remote lpr/lpd support, but not easy to do
>by accident, since it would be a deep buried subcomponent of one of the main
>base system or connectivity components.
>
>Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR
>+++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++.
>filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk!


I have MP1, MP3, and MP5 installed. Under MP5 is Common Unix
Printing System (CUPS). I don't recall, or see where I would, select
CUPS as the print system. To the best of my knowledge I have never
worked with CUPS, where do I choose which print system to use?

Robert T. Repko (R Squared Consultants) typed (on Sun, May 13, 2007 at 12:12:32AM -0400):
|
| I have MP1, MP3, and MP5 installed. Under MP5 is Common Unix Printing
| System (CUPS). I don't recall, or see where I would, select CUPS as the
| print system. To the best of my knowledge I have never worked with CUPS,
| where do I choose which print system to use?

You can add the '--cups' option to all of the other options of lp or
lpstat (and of several other lpXXX programs). You can also flip the
default in /etc/default/lpd from SYSV to CUPS. in which case the
lp|lpstat commands can override it with a '--sysv' option.

Having both the CUPS daemon and the SYSV daemon running at the same time
is the default, and quite useful.

I leave the old SYSV printing as my default. I am now using an HP7410
OfficeJet, but the only way I've found to use two of its features (duplex
printing, and choosing the lower vs. the upper input tray) is to set
up some CUPS printer interfaces. So depending on what I need to do, my
jobs go through one or the other of the printing suites.

Also if I need to print a postscript document (including printing from
the Mozilla browser), I need to use a small script to go through
ghostscript on the way to a SYSV interface, whereas a CUPS printing
command directly accepts a postscript file as an input argument.

There's considerable documentation available if you point a browser to
localhost:631.

--
JP
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