To add a remote UNIX printer, such as one attached to a different Linux
system on the same network, click the New button
in the main printconf window. The window
shown in Figure 21-2 will appear. Click
Next to proceed.
You will then see the screen shown in Figure 21-5.
Enter a unique name for the printer in the Queue
Name text field. The printer name cannot contain spaces and
must begin with a letter a through
z or A through
Z. The valid characters are
a through z,
A through Z,
0 through 9,
-, and _.
Select Unix Printer from the Queue
Type menu, and click Next.
Text fields for the following options appears as shown in Figure 21-6:
By default, the Strict RFC1179 Compliance option
is not chosen. If you are having problems printing to a non-Linux
lpd queue, choose this option to disable enhanced
LPRng printing features.
Click Next to continue.
The next step is to select the type of printer that is connected to the
remote system. Skip to the Section called Selecting the Print Driver and Finishing to
continue.
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The remote machine must be configured to allow the local machine to
print on the desired queue. As root, create the file
/etc/hosts.lpd on the remote machine to which the
printer is attached. On separate lines in the file, add the IP
address or hostname of each machine which should have printing
privileges.
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