On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:44:12PM +0100, Pau Amaro-Seoane wrote:
> Now, admin here is taking security a bit too seriously and it's not

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> possible to telnet the printer over 9100.

>

> I was thinking of using rlpr, like

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> rlpr -Plp -HIPaddressOfPrinterHere MyVeryInterestingFile.ps

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> But I don't find rlpr in ports (4.2)

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> Does any of you have a workaround to print ps w/o resorting to cups?

What's wrong with base lpd with a remote printer entry in printcap?

Unless I need wierd access controll, I only use LPD + apsfilter.  Then

again, I never had a printer hanging on the network, I use an old 486 as

a print server running its own LPD and apsfilter.
If you need to spit printer-specific data to the printer from lpr and

need to convert first, you could chain printcap entries: print to one

queue, it's filter does the conversion and spits it to another queue

that sends it out to the remote printer.
Or just install LPRng.
I've never used cups.
Doug.