LP daemon on a PC

[Simon Abbott]

Hello everyone,

I am losing a workstation out of a room but I need to keep a printer in there. There is no network card on the printer but I have got a PC running NT4.

Does anyone know of an LP daemon that runs on a PC that an HP9000 server could set up as a remote printer?

Thanks,

Simon.

Sorry, I posted this message to 'databases' for some reason so sorry if you/ve read it twice...

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

NT4 comes with the printer service. You just need to enable it.

To verify that you have it enabled, simply execute:

# telnet NT4_hostname 515

If it gets connected the remote printer service is running on the NT server.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Simon Abbott]

Thanks, unfortunatly I got 'connection refused'.

The PC is running NT Workstation if that makes a difference. If not, how do I configure it? I've had a look around but I can't find anything obvious...

Simon.

[Wodisch]

Hello Simon,

get the NT CD, and install the "service" with a name like "Microsoft TCP/IP Print Service" (it is good old Berkeley LPR, anyway). Then you will havt re-install the servicepack, and perhaps there are some "hot-fixes", in addition.
Then every "shared" printer can be reached over LPR with its sharename...
HTH,
Wodisch

[Printaporn_1]

Microsoft TCP/IP printing service also can install in NT 4.0 workstation.

[Simon Abbott]

Hello,

OK, thanks, I have installed Microsoft TCP/IP Print service on the NT machine and then SP6a but it's still not printing. I am setting up the remote printer in SAM and am using the IP address of the NT machine. Do I check the box to say that the remote system is BSD? Do I need to turn somthing else on on the NT machine? Any other ideas?

Many thanks,

Simon.