IBM 6500 manual Setting Up AIX, Printing From AIX

Chapter 5 Printing From AIX

Setting Up AIX 4.x

1.Ensure the 6500-v AIX driver/colon files are installed on the AIX machine. Syntax:

lsdev -P -c printer -F “type subclass description” sort -u grep 6500-v

If “ibm6500-v” does not appear on the list, the proper driver files are not installed. Obtain the driver files and follow the instructions included with them to install the files on your machine.

2.At the command prompt, enter smitty mkvirprt.

3.At the “Add a Printer Queue” screen, select “remote.”

4.At “Type of Remote Printing,” select “Local Filtering...”

5.At “Remote Printing Type,” select “IBM.”

6.At the next “Remote Printing Type,” select “ibm6500-v.”

7.At “Add a Remote Print Queue with Local Filtering,” perform the following:

a.Type in any print queue names desired in the entry fields next to the desired emulation(s).

NOTE: At least one print queue name field must be filed in.

b.In the “HOSTNAME” field, type in the hostname or IP address of the printer Ethernet.

c.In the “QUEUE” field, type in one of the four possible print queue names found on the printer Ethernet. d1prn, d2prn, d3prn, and d4prn are the four default LPD print queues on the Ethernet. If the defaults have not been changed, choose any one of these queues.

NOTE: When the IPDS feature is installed, queue name d4prn is not available.

d.In the “TYPE” field, leave the value as “AIX Version 3 or 4.”

e.Leave “PASS-THROUGH FLAG” field as “yes.”

f.Press ENTER to complete the setup.

g.After processing has finished, press F10 to exit SMIT.

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