CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING
IBM RS/6000 AIX ConfigurationThe 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:
1.Enter smit and select "devices".
2.Select "Printer/Plotter".
3.Select "Print Spooling".
4.Select "Add a Print Queue".
5.Select "Remote".
6.Enter 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 / Fax 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)
The procedure for
1.Enter smit and select "devices".
2.Select "printer/plotter".
3.Select "manage remote printer subsystem".
4.Select "client services".
5.Select "remote printer queues".
6.Select "add a remote queue".
7.Enter the following remote queue settings:
8.Name of queue to add (user selectable)
9.Activate the queue (Yes).
10.Destination host (Print / Fax server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or use the Print / Fax server IP address)
11.Name of queue on remote printer (Print / Fax server binary or text service name, eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1)
12.Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0)