On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:56:07 -0500, Paul Duval <phduval@linux.net> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I hope someone can help me on this one :
>
> I use an SMC 7004ABR router to which I have my IBM 4039 12R printer
> connected.
>
> Using Mandrake 9.1 and so far I was unable to print on that printer.
> SMC's FAQ has very little information. It mentions Port 515 has the
> standard LPD Port number. It also has some information on how to setup a
> printer if using Red Hat 5.1!!! It mentions that I would have to set
> up /etc/printcap and that the queue name is "lp"...

I seem to remember that there are different hardware/firmware versions of
7004ABR that might use 'lp' or 'lpt1' for its queue name.

For my 7004AWBR (similar with wireless) I ended up with following
configured by SuSE 7.3 which was using apsfilter. Mandrake should have
some sort of printer setup tool (possibly called 'printtool') to configure
your printer. But this may at least give you some clues.

Note that default printer for printcap would typically be called 'lp'.
This was not my default printer, so I called it 'rmsmc' (for remote smc).
I run local DNS using the name smc.local for my 7004AWBR, but you would
likely use the LAN IP of your 7004ABR instead.

### BEGIN apsfilter: ### remote smc.local LPT1 rmsmc ###
# Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels!
# apsfilter setup Sun Sep 1 10:05:59 CDT 2002
#
rmsmc|lp5|smc.local-LPT1-rmsmc|smc.local LPT1:\
:lp=:\
:rm=smc.local:\
:rp=LPT1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/smc.local-LPT1-rmsmc:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/smc.local-LPT1-rmsmc/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/smc.local-LPT1-rmsmc/acct:\
:ar:bk:mx#0:\
:tr=:cl:sh:
#
### END apsfilter: ### remote smc.local LPT1 rmsmc ###

It also had some prefilters that fed into this for ascii, auto, or raw.

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