LPR Printing | TCP/IP Configuration |
❍The remote cancel model, and
❍The remote status model.
4.2.6 LPR on SCO UNIX Hosts
LPR is supported in SCO V3.2 release 4 with TCP/IP Version 1.2 and greater.
To configure a print queue using LPR, issue the mkdev rlp command. This will install the Berkeley remote printing files and executable programs.
Note: The mkdev rlp command should only be issued once, or serious prob- lems will occur. If this happens, contact SCO technical support.
You can print to this queue using normal lp syntax once the remote printer is set up. To create a remote printer:
1Issue the rlpconf command.
2Answer the questions that follow.
Figure 4-11: Configuring Remote Printer
Remote Printing Configuration
Enter information for remote printers or local printers accepting remote printing requests
Please enter the printer name (q to quit): backupprinter
Is printer backupprinter a remote printer or a local printer? (r/l) r Please enter the name of the remote host that backupprinter is attached to: MPS_xxxxxx
The backupprinter is connected to host MPS_xxxxxx. Is this correct? (y/n) y
Would you like this to be the sys.default printer? (y/n) y
Make sure your hostname appears in MPS_PRT’s /etc/hosts.equivor or / etc/hosts:lpd file.
Make sure backupprinter appears in /etc/printcap (in BSD format). Make sure backupprinter has a spool directory on MPS_PRT.
Putting the printer in printer description file and creating spool direc- tory... done
Updating LP information... done
In the example, the printer name is your MPS service name, and the remote host name is the name of your MPS as it is listed in your hosts file.
