remote unix printing on linux print server?

[Isaac1]

At work today we added an SCO Unix box to our existing network of mostly linux machines. The new SCO machine needs to print to a dot matrix (invoice, etc.) printer that is attached to the printer port on the linux print server. There is no problem printing to this printer from any of the other linux machines on the network, however after a couple of hours of working with it on the SCO machine today we had little luck getting it to print. I say little, because an hour or so after trying several configurations, while everyone was away at lunch, one of the test prints printed. The problem is we were not able to repeat this miricle. It has been a few years since I have had any dealing with SCO Unix, and I am looking for some tips on getting this printer going. I assume I am missing something on the SCO machine, perhaps permissions to print on a remote unix printer, etc.

Thanks Ike

 

[patw]

You need to setup the printer in SCO through scoadmin (Openserver 5.x and Unixware 7.x) or sysadmsh (older SCO) as an LPD printer, then edit /etc/printcap as needed.

you may need to enter the host name of the linux box in /etc/hosts.equiv (man hosts.equiv for it's format), and the SCO box needs to be setup as a trusted host on the linix box so it can print without a password.

More specific info needs your exact SCO verson (uname -X)