copy a file to a remote print queue 1

[butler]

Hi all,

I have a file containing native pcl 6.0 code that I would like to print from our AIX 4.3.3 box. Under PC DOS I can print this file using 'copy filename.pcl LPT1'. This copies the file to the 'captured' printer port.

I need to do same thing in unix. If just print the file with 'lp' or 'enq' I get jiberish. I want to copy the file directly to the device. The device is a remote print queue and shows up as @COMPUTERNAME when using lpstat. Any suggestions????

thanks,
bill

 

[sunman]

Have you tried cat file | lp -dprintername ?

 

[butler]

Thanks for the response. The cat does not work because lp tries to to processing on the already processed file and messes things up. I did figure out the solution though:

To send a file to a printer without ANY preprocessing:

lp -dPRINTERNAME -o -dp filename.pcl

The '-o' option passes the '-dp' flag to 'piobe' (the back end print job manager). This causes the lp command to work in pass through mode.

I had forgoten that I had posted here. I should have posted my solution sooner.

Sorry,
bill