Olivetti P26W, P20W Check that lpd printer daemon is activated, # ps aux grep lpd, # /usr/lib/lpd

4.Register the printer in the /etc/printcap file.

Example: for host name c7350, to create a queue called c7350_lp

c7350_lp: \ :lp=:rm=c7350:rp=lp:\ :sd=/usr/spool/c7350_lp:\ :lf=/usr/spool/c7350_lp/c7350_lp_errs:

c7350_lp:. . . The name of the printer queue

lp: . . . . . . .

rm: . . . . . . .

rp: . . . . . . .

The name of the device used to connect to the printer. Does not need to be specified for a remote machine.

The name of the host of the remote printer. This should be the same as the name added to the /etc/hosts file.

The name of the printer on the remote printer. It should be lp.

sd: . . . . . . . The spool directory. Give the absolute path.

lf: . . . . . . . The error log file. Give the absolute path.

5.Create the spool directory and error log file.

Example: for spool Directory c7350_lp and Error Log file c7350_lp_errs

#mkdir /usr/spool/c7350_lp

#touch /usr/spool/c7350_lp/c7350_lp_errs

#chown –R daemon /usr/spool/c7350_lp

#chgrp –R # daemon /usr/spool/c7350_lp

6.Check that lpd (printer daemon) is activated.

#ps aux grep lpd

7.If lpd is not running, you can start it by logging in as superuser and executing

#/usr/lib/lpd &

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