Re: [ILUG] Printer.

From: Niall O Broin (niall at domain magicgoeshere.com)
Date: Wed 24 May 2000 - 21:08:41 IST


On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 05:36:43PM +0100, Jason A. Corcoran. wrote:

> Using SuSE 6.4, I can not seem to connect to my companies LAN printer.
> I found a little app rlpr that allows me to send text etc.. to the
> printer, but if I try to print a frame maker or even a web page it comes
> out crappy, Anyone out there have experience with setting up a remote
> printer on SuSE ??
 
With Yast, do
 
System administration -> Network configuration -> Administer remote printers
 
where you will get a form to fill in with the name you want to give the
printer, the hostname of the printer system, and the printer's name on that
system. Then just print from your application by telling it the printer
name, or use lpr -Pprinter_name. Remember that both Framemaker and Netscape
assume that the printer is a Postscript printer and they send it Postscript,
so your company's LAN printer must be a Postscript printer - this is most
likely the case. If not, you'll have to set up what SuSE call a pre-filter
which is beyond the scope of this email - RTFM.
 
 
 
Kindest regards,
 
 
Niall O Broin



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