CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING

Other Systems

Other systems use similar programs to set up Print servers. These programs will generally ask for the following information:

Requested information:

You should use:

remote printer

Binary or Text service name

remote host computer name

Any name (must match the name in the

 

printcap file, if any) or in some cases,

 

you may enter the print server IP

 

address here

remote host IP address

IP address of print server.

Technical support specialists for these companies can usually answer configuration questions if you provide them with the equivalent UNIX configuration information (tell them that the print server looks like a remote UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon).

If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your UNIX host computer, you will need to do so now (the printer setup utilities in HP/UX, AIX, Solaris 2.xx, and other systems will automatically create the spool directory). The lpd spool directory is usually located in the /usr/spool directory (check with your system manager to see if the location is different for your system). To create a new spool directory, use the mkdir command. For example, to create a spool directory for the queue laser1, you would enter:

mkdir /usr/spool/lpd/laser1

On some systems it is also necessary to start the daemon. This is done on Berkeley- compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the following example:

lpc start laser1

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