Minolta PI4700E Configuring the Printer by Editing the printcap File, Example lprprinter

Appendix Chapter 12

12 UNIX Configuration

11 Restart the daemon by choosing lpd → Restart lpd in the Print Server Manager.

Configuring the Printer by Editing the printcap File

1Use an editor to open /etc/printcap.

2Make entries that name the Network Card name as the remote host, and assign any name to the remote printer.

The following is an example of typical printcap entries.

<printer name>:\

(Example: “lprprinter”)

:lp=:\

:rm=<remote host>:\

(Host name from /etc/hosts)

:rp=<remote printer name>:\

(Any name)

:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/<printer name>:

(Specifies spool directory for where the system can spool data and perform other spool control.)

This entry sends jobs spooled in /usr/spool/lpd/<printer name> to the printer specified by <printer name> for printing by the Network Card spec- ified by <remote host>.

3Create the spooling directory.

mkdir /usr/spool/lpd/<printer name>

4Shut down and restart the lpd daemon.

5Use the lpr command to print something.

lpr -P<printer name> <file name>

Installation is complete if the file you specify prints correctly.

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