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Configuring Xprint V7.0 Administering devices

number apply for a LAN printer (e.g.: "132.82.127.34 9100", as the Internet address for your LAN printer). Instead of the Internet address and port number you can also specify the host name provided it is defined in the /etc/hosts file.

If the connection type changes (e.g. up to now the first serial port; now the second parallel port), you must also specify with type the new connection type your printer will use. Possible values for type are SERIAL for a serial port, PARALLEL for a parallel port, SCSI for a SCSI high-performance printer, and LAN for a LAN printer.

6.4.7Replacing an existing printer with a new one

If you want to replace an existing printer with a new one, you only have to change the relevant information in the definition of the old printer. What infor- mation this is depends on the printer involved.

●First check the settings of the existing printer: xpshow -dev printer -di LONG

This displays a list of all the settings for the specified printer printer.

●Use the checklist on page 263 in the Appendix to check if all the required preparatory steps for modifying the printer have been taken or if you want to use any of the further configuration options mentioned there (forms, filters, permission lists, etc.).

●Check whether the relevant printer is still active with the following command: xpstat -dev [selection]

●If the printer is still active (output: Status: ACTIVE), you must deactivate it: xpchange -dev [selection] -st NOT_ACTIVE

●Then modify all the settings which have changed for the new printer with the following command:

xpmod -devprinter [options_to_be_modified]

For options_to_be_modified you can specify any of the options which can also be specified when defining a new printer (see also section “Adding a printer” on page 116 and the description of the xpmod -devcommand in the “Xprint V7.0 - Reference Manual”).

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