Earlier versions of
1Enter sam and select Peripheral Devices and then Add Remote Printer (not Networked printer).
2Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter):
■Line printer name (user-selectable).
■Remote system name (the Print/Fax server name; must match what is in hosts file or use Print/Fax server IP address).
■Remote printer queue (Print server binary or text service name, e.g. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1).
■Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes).
IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration
The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The procedure is as follows for AIX 4.0 and later:
1Enter smit and select devices.
2Select Printer/Plotter.
3Select Print Spooling.
4Select Add a Print Queue.
5Select Remote.
6Enter the following Remote Printer Settings:
Name of queue (user selectable)
Host name of Remote Printer (Print/Fax server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address)
Name of queue on remote printer (Print/Fax server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1).
Type of print spooler. BSD (press the LIST button and choose BSD)
