Can't get printer comment right

[Peter Blake]

On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Ben Stuyts wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am setting up a FreeBSD 2.2.5  machine with Samba 1.9.17p2 as a print  
> server. For this it is important to get the printer comments right, but I  
> can't get it to work properly. This is my printcap file:
> 
> #       @(#)printcap    5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
> # $Id: printcap,v 1.5 1996/10/13 16:52:33 joerg Exp $
> 
> lp0|Graphtec GP2002:\
>         :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lp0:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :mx#0:sh:sf:
> #
> lp1:HP Laserjet III:\
     ^
Correct the syntax in your printcap file!

>         :lp=/dev/lpt1:sd=/var/spool/output/lp1:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :mx#0:sh:sf:
> #
> lp2:OKI ML380:\
     ^
and here.

>         :lp=/dev/lpt2:sd=/var/spool/output/lp2:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :mx#0:sh:sf:
> 
> This is what I get when running smbclient -L on that machine:
> 
> ..
> Server=[ANDREW] User=[benst] Workgroup=[WORKGROUP] Domain=[WORKGROUP]
> 
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         IPC$           IPC       IPC Service (Samba 1.9.17p2)
>         lp0            Printer   Graphtec GP2002
>         lp1            Printer
>         lp2            Printer
>         printers       Printer
> ..
> 
> As you can see, it only gets the comment right for lp0. How can I get the  
> comments for lp1 and lp2 right? I've tried various combinations in the  
> printcap file, but didn't succeed. According to the documentation, a print  
> alias that has a space in it is taken as a comment, but it doesn't seem to  
> work for lp[12].
> 
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
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> 


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Peter Blake
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