Chapter | 5 | Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP |
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Host Configuration
When setting up a print destination on a UNIX host, you have the option of using a
If you use one of the installation scripts provided, select Configure Host Setup from the Main Menu of either program to configure a print setup on your host. It will help you through some questions and perform the necessary setup commands for you.
The rest of this section introduces you to different printing methods, with the spooler and without, and discusses each of the steps for each environment:
BSD
System V
Sun NeWSprint and Adobe® TranScript®
AIX®
PC
Direct Printing Without Spooler
Before configuring the spooling system, test that the basic communications are working with the Internal Ethernet Network printer. Perform test by sending print jobs directly to the Internal Ethernet Network printer and bypassing the spooler altogether. You can send print jobs directly to the Internal Ethernet Network printer with either npwrite or rsh/rcmd/remsh.
The rsh/rcmd/remsh program provides the same functions as the npwrite program except that the rsh/rcmd/remsh program exits with an error code when the network connection is down. npwrite continually tries until the job is completed. Remember this behavior when you are manually modifying your interface script because some spooler systems simply send a message about the error but the error gets flushed. The npr.if interface script gives you examples of how this behavior should be handled.
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