Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup
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Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup
The Ethernet Interface also supports Unix operating systems which
follow a BSD print system (e.g., SunOS 4.1.x). This means a
printcap file is used to define all printers available on the host, and
interface scripts are not commonly used. Instead, LPR/LPD printers
are defined.
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=EthernetInterfacename:\
:rp=EthernetInterfacedestination:\
: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, EthernetInterfacename is the host or IP name
of the print server, and EthernetInterfacedestination
is one of the pre-defined destinations/queues on the device.
Example:
6500-v:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\
:rm=spike:\
:rp=d1prn:\
:lp=:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/ 6500-v:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ 6500-v/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/lpd/ 6500-v/acct:
2. Create the spool directory specified by the sd= entry in the
printcap entry for this printer.
Example:
touch /usr/spool/lpd/ 6500-v