Chapter 4 Unix Host Configuration
To manually configure an LPR/LPD printer on a BSD Unix system:
1.Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file, /etc/ printcap.
Syntax:
printername:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\ :rm=PrintNetname:\ :rp=PrintNetdestination:\ :lp=:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/printername:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/log:\ :af=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/acct:
where printername is any name you would like to give to this new printer, PrintNetname is the host or IP name of the print server, and PrintNetdestination is one of the
Example:
P5000:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\
:rm=spike:\
:rp=d1prn:\
:lp=:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/log:\ :af=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/acct:
2.Create the spool directory specified by the “sd=” entry in the printcap entry for this printer.
Example:
touch /usr/spool/lpd/ P5000
3.Create the log and account files specified by the “lf=” and “ af=” entries in the printcap entry for this printer.
Example:
touch /usr/spool/lpd/P5000/log
touch /usr/spool/lpd/P5000/acct
4.Change permissions and ownership on the spool directory and everything within it.
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