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According to the /etc/printcap file the printtool is the best way to configure
add and adjust printers on a Linux box

This printcap file was created using printtool.

# This will be the printcap file for rachel to print
# to a remote printer on Abby.  3.4.00  gk
#
#
#
#
lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\ <- spool directory
        :sh:\			<-- shell
        :mx#0:\
        :rm=abby:\		<-- remote machine, aka , the print server
        :rp=lp0:\		<-- the remote printer name(not ! the device)
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter: <- filter/driver for that type of printer
#
lp1:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:\
        :rm=pingy:\
        :rp=PINGY_HP810:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:

# Another printtool example.
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE cdj550 300x300 letter {} DeskJet550 1 1
lp2:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:\ <-- local print spool area for this printer
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:\
        :rm=pingy:\
        :rp=PINGY_HP810:\ <-- this is the name of the on the print server
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp2/filter:


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	This printcap was creatd by hand and has no filter associated
	without the filter, there may function of the printer you may not
	be able to use


# has most all the same fields except the filter
#
lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:\
        :rm=pingy:\
        :rp=PINGY_HP810: