Q: How can I find the print server for my printer?

Answer

Use Athena to find out the print server:

1. Access Athena, using either an Athena workstation, the Mac OS X Terminal application, or a Mac OS 9 or Windows secure Telnet application.
2. At the Athena% prompt, enter:

   hostinfo printername

   Result: If your printer's name is watertown-press and you entered: hostinfo watertown-press, the following information would appear:

   Desired host: watertown-press
   Official name: WTPR.MIT.EDU
   Host address: 18.152.1.72
   Host info: "HP/LASERJET"/"LPR"

   Note: Some printers, such as watertown-press, are known by an alias, but this printer's official name is wtpr.

3. At the Athena% prompt, enter: hesinfo printername pcap, where printer name is the Official name listed above.
   Result: Continuing the watertown-press example above, if you entered hesinfo wtpr pcap, the following message would appear:

   wtpr:rp=wtpr:rm=FIBER.MIT.EDU:ka#0:mc#0:auth=kerberos5:xn:

   In this example, FIBER is the print server name.