The hostname is the name you gave your computer in the Computer Name field on the Sharing tab of the Internet & Network system preferences.
[Editor's note: No linux box to test with here, so I can't vouch for this one...]
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When configuring OS X to print to a network printer (i.e. to a printer that is connected to a linux machine), you'll need to create a file /etc/hosts.lpd on the linux machine and add the hostname of your Mac in that file.
The hostname is the name you gave your computer in the Computer Name field on the Sharing tab of the Internet & Network system preferences. [Editor's note: No linux box to test with here, so I can't vouch for this one...]
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That is, unless you have a CUPS queue on your Linux machine, in which case you bypass lpd all together.
CUPS
CUPS is nice!!!
re: Printing to a shared Linux printer
The hint provided above does work for a Mac running Jaguar and a Linux print server running RedHat 8.0, with the following enhancement: |
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