HP 625n Gigabit Ethernet Print Server manual Configuring for LPD Printing

Example: Printcap Entries for PostScript, PCL, or HP-GL/2 Printers

lj1_rawraw1:\ :lp=:\ :rm=laserjet1:\ :rp=raw:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/lj1_raw.log:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lj1_raw:

If your printer does not support automatic switching between PostScript, PCL, and HP-GL/2 languages, use the printer's control panel (if the printer has one) to select the printer language or rely on the application to select the printer language via commands embedded in the print data.

Make sure your users know the printer names for the printers, since they must type those names on the command line for printing.

Create the spooling directory by making the following entries. At the root directory, type:

mkdir /usr/spool/lpd cd /usr/spool/lpd

mkdir printer_name_1 printer_name_2

chown daemon printer_name_1 printer_name_2 chgrp daemon printer_name_1 printer_name_2 chmod g+w printer_name_1 printer_name_2

where printer_name_1 and printer_name_2 refer to the printers to be spooled. You may spool several printers. The following example shows the command to create the spooling directories for printers used for text (or ASCII) printing and for PCL or PostScript printing.

Example: Creating Spooling Directory for Text and PCL/PostScript Printers

mkdir /usr/spool/lpd cd /usr/spool/lpd mkdir lj1_text lj1_raw

chown daemon lj1_text lj1_raw chgrp daemon lj1_text lj1_raw chmod g+w lj1_text lj1_raw

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