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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!csus.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!not-for-mail From: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Network Printing Date: 12 Nov 1995 08:09:35 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 12 Message-ID: <484a3v$lfg@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <4829t9$15s_001@aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Nick Coppins (tran@s054.aone.net.au) wrote: : Is it possible to print from a FreeBsd box to a printer attached to a : Win95 box?? running tcp/ip protocol?? I've done it from FreeBSD to MS-NT. The real question is "does Win95 offer an lpd style print server". If it does then you are set. FreeBSD and any other BSD box will *easily* print to anything that accepts lpd connections. The /etc/printcap entry would be something like: win95printer:\ :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd:rm=win95box.billgates.com:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: