SUMMARY: RE: Redirect print jobs

From: Lee, Hank <hank.lee_at_vta.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:04:56 -0700

Thanks go to the following people for replying; however, I did not find a
solution. Setting up an lp (default printer) entry only redirects *one*
printer.

Chad Price [cprice_at_molbio.unmc.edu]
Christian Mönch [cristian_at_tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de]
Richard Bemrose [rb237_at_phy.cam.ac.uk]
Bruce Senn [sennb_at_union.edu]

The problem is that I need to redirect some 300-odd printers to the print
server, and the minial printcap configuration (below in my original email)
seem to be the only way to do so. I was looking for a solution that does not
involve creating some 300-odd entries in the printcap file...

I seem to recall that the Berkeley print system can do this (from my Solaris
days), but I can't recall any more details...oh well.

--
Hank Lee <hank.lee_at_vta.org>
UNIX Systems Administrator
SAP Basis Administrator
Santa Clara County Transit District
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lee, Hank [SMTP:hank.lee_at_vta.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:11 AM
> To:	tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject:	Redirect print jobs
> 
> Hi Managers,
> 
> I just have a quick question about printer setup. Short of doing the
> following (excerpt from /etc/printcap), is there a way to massively
> redirect
> all printjobs to a certain machine? 
> 
> LP2:\
>         :if=:\
>         :lp=:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :of=:\
>         :rm=printsvr:\
>         :rp=lp2:\
>         :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/LP2:\
>         :sh:\
>         :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:
> 
> 
> I'd like to designate one machine as the print server, and have all my
> other
> servers pass printjobs to it. The machines are running DU 4.0D jumbo patch
> kit 3.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --
> Hank Lee <hank.lee_at_vta.org>
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> SAP Basis Administrator
> Santa Clara County Transit District

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