Unix: print on printer on another machine (host)

UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
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Hi all,sorry for my english but i don't speak it very well.

I have a problem, i need to print a file from a unix machine to a printer on another unix machine (with another host).

I think that it's possible making a connection with telnet to this machine and after to print on the machine in wich i'm connected.

But i need to know if is possible to made this print (on another host machine) with only a command....maybe like the lpr command with an option for the host and the printer name.
I see that for the lpr there is only the parameter -P for the name on the printer...is there a command (or a parameter for lpr,lp.....) to print on a printer on a different machine with a different host???

Thanks so much for help.
Bye

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Solutions:
1) You have nfs mount on the remote host:
you connect on the remote host and print as if local...
2) No NFS, but have an account: rcp or ftp (or ssh etc...) and print local
3) you are admin of the first box - add the printer as remote
4) as 3 but the printer has a jetdirect card: add the printer as network

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If you tell us the OS (and OS version) of your system and the remote system that you want to print from, we can probably provide you with more detailed help.

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Try:
ssh user@remoteserver lpr < localfilename

It's called I/O redirection.
The local shell connects the local file 'localfilename' to the std-input filedescriptor of the ssh-command and ssh connects it's std-input to the std-input of the remote command (lpr)