lpd does not use SMB, nor SSH, nor RSH.  It has it's own port and protocol.

Is lpd running on the lp server?  port blocked?

Sam MacDonald said:
> I'm pounding this laptop in to the ground using my fingers :o)
>
> I have a printer on my home network,
>     one is connected to W2K server and shared as "Deskjet"
>
> I can print from my Redhat box, I'm running Samba on that machine.
>     so I know Linux can print using that printer.
> My Debian laptop does not have Samba installed, I'm not sure I want to
> install it as it takes almost 12 megabytes of disk space.
> "df" says
> filesystem   1k-blocks   Used    Available   Use%   Mounted on
> /dev/hda1   170274      86777    74706      54%      /
>
> I would need a printcap local  that looks like this to print to a remote
>  printer.
>
> # REMOTE djet695
>         :lp=:\**
>         :rm="machine":\
>         :rp="printer":\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
>         :mx#0:\
> 	:sh:
>
> I get "lpr: cannot open remote"
> 	the remote hosts.allow has the machine name in it.
> 	the remote hosts has the ip and name in it.
> I must be missing something...
>
> do I need an entry to "ssh"?
>
> Sam.
>
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