lpr -P to a remote system

rjgoyette at anl.gov rjgoyette at anl.gov
Tue Aug 17 06:52:49 PDT 2004


Thanks.  That worked like a charm.  Note that on the SOLARIS system the syntax seems to be "lp -d aragorn:hp5si file_name".

Elvin Lee wrote:
> rjgoyette at anl.gov wrote:
> > One of my users is having trouble printing to a remote system using the lpr -P command.  He wants to send toe print job to a printer on another system, named aragorn, and pick the print queue hp5si:
> >
> > lpr -Paragorn:hp5si file_name
> >
> > but gets the error:
> >
> > lpr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found
> >
> >
> > /var/log/cups/error_log on the destination system says:
> >
> > print_job: resource name '/printers/aragorn:hp5si' no good!
> >
> > aragorn is configured to be a print server for all systems on it's subnet.   My user wants to send jobs from  a solaris system, but my attempts from LINUX systems fail in the same manner.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any advice?
>
>
> Try using lp and -h instead of lpr:
>
> lp -h aragorn -d hp5si file
>
> Elvin





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