Well - it feels like that sometimes.
I have two machines networked. Machine1 (Debian Testing) has two printers - one on the parallel port and one on a USB port.
I want to be able to print from Machine2 (Mandrake 9) to Machine1 but when I try I see a message in the logs 'Remote host did not accept the control file'.
I see this whichever printer I try and use so I assume the problem is on Machine1 but I don't know how to correct it.
Machine1 does have an /etc/hosts.lpd with the following entry:
machine2.mynetwork
There is an iptables firewall running (Endoshield) but I have tried after shutting down the firewall to no avail.
All other networking functions correctly.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Barry Samuels
Hi Barry
Had all sorts of fun and games setting up a network printer here - Finally fixed it by adding rp=PASSTHRU to the printcap file. Try this on machine2.
Regards, Paul.
On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 12:47 pm, Barry Samuels wrote:
I want to be able to print from Machine2 (Mandrake 9) to Machine1 but when I try I see a message in the logs 'Remote host did not accept the control file'.
Paul paul@bdiemc.fslife.co.uk wrote:
Hi Barry
Had all sorts of fun and games setting up a network printer here - Finally fixed it by adding rp=PASSTHRU to the printcap file. Try this on machine2.
Regards, Paul.
Machine2 uses CUPS and there is almost nothing in the printcap file.
Barry Samuels
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Barry Samuels wrote:
Paul paul@bdiemc.fslife.co.uk wrote:
Hi Barry
Had all sorts of fun and games setting up a network printer here - Finally fixed it by adding rp=PASSTHRU to the printcap file. Try this on machine2.
Regards, Paul.
Machine2 uses CUPS and there is almost nothing in the printcap file.
Barry Samuels
Try installing CUPS on machine1. You'll find it automatically broadcasts the availablity of it's printers to other CUPS servers on the network. This can be turned off, and restricted any way you want.
I have this at home, with a machine running Mandrake 8.2 which has two pritners, one via parallel, the other via a Dlink ethernet print server. The other machine has RedHat8 and CUPS, which picked up the printers instantly.
HTH
Chris
Chris Glover chris@glovercc.clara.co.uk wrote:
Try installing CUPS on machine1. You'll find it automatically broadcasts the availablity of it's printers to other CUPS servers on the network. This can be turned off, and restricted any way you want.
I had thought of that but the thought of changing the whole printing system, which is working on Machine1, makes me very nervous.
I'm still considering it though.
Barry Samuels
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