RE: Printing postscript file

["Polley Christopher W" <PolleyChristopherW at JohnDeere dot com>]

I don't use XP, so this is based on my NT/W2K/95/ME experience, but when
used in conjunction with '//host', 'name' should be the name that it is
shared as -- from the "Sharing..." menu option.  Type \\JASON in your
Start->Run dialog -- that will show you the shares that are exposed.

HTH,
Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jason C. Johnston [SMTP:jason@astadhyayi.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:11 AM
> To:	cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject:	RE: Printing postscript file
> 
> Michael A Chase wrote:
> >>
> >> lpr -P //host/name gmeta1.ps- what to put in //host etc. ?
> >>
> >
> >Check your Window's printer definitions.  'host' is the name of the
> server
> >hosting the printer.  'name' is the shared name of the printer in that
> >host.
> >If its a local printer, use your computer's name and the printer's
> name.
> 
> Doesn't work for me on XP. Mine is a local printer, my computer's name
> is -- according to the value of the COMPUTERNAME envvar -- 'JASON', and
> my printer name is -- according to the Printers and Faxes control panel
> -- 'HP LaserJet 1200 Series PCL'. This information is also given thus on
> the Windows XP Printer Test Page. However:
> 
> 	$ lpr -P "//JASON/HP LaserJet 1200 Series PCL" eight.c
> 	lpr: can't open '//JASON/HP LaserJet 1200 Series PCL' for
> writing
> 	lpr: The printer name is invalid.
> 
> (Yes, I know I shouldn't be sending it a textfile but rather PCL, but I
> don't think that's the issue here.)
> 
> Just for laughs I tried substituting the 'Port name", whatever that is,
> for the 'Printer name', with equally dismal results:
> 
> 	$ lpr -P "//JASON/DOT4_001" eight.c
> 	lpr: can't open '//JASON/DOT4_001' for writing
> 	lpr: The printer name is invalid.
> 
> I have read all the postings in this on-again, off-again thread, but
> although they raise, they do not appear to solve, the issue which is
> that some of us cannot connect to our printer *at all* under Cygwin, and
> it always comes down to the fact the we do not know how to refer to it
> *symbolically* (an ability which all the various fixes assume).
> 
> It may be relevant that my printer is connected via USB, but then again,
> private correspondence with someone else having these problems, and who
> is connected via the parallel port I gather, suggests that it may not
> be.
> 
> Cygcheck output attached as file cygout.txt.
> 
> _____________________________________________
> Jason C. Johnston
> mailto:jason@astadhyayi.net
> http://www.astadhyayi.net
>  
>  << File: cygout.txt >>  << File: ATT11063004.txt >> 


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