Minolta PI4700E Is this printer PostScript? Type yes and press Enter, Wise type no and press

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3What is the printer name?

Type the printer name and press Enter .

4Here, the script displays the information you have input up to this point.

Node name of the Print Server Card: printfast

Printer name to be used: <printer name>

The printer is attached on: PORT 1

Check these settings and make sure they are correct. If they are cor- rect, type yes and press Enter . Otherwise, type no and press Enter .

5Is this printer PostScript?

Type yes and press Enter	if the printer is a PostScript printer. Other-
wise type no and press	Enter .

6The printcap entries you have made up to this point appear on the dis- play and the script confirms whether you want the entries written into

the /etc/printcap file. Type yes if you want the entries added to print- cap and then press Enter . If you do not want them added, type no, press Enter and then manually make the required changes to the en- tries.

Do not change the device name in the /etc/printcap file, which was given to the Network Card in step 3. The lp command line must refer- ence the :lp entry recorded in the printcap file. The following shows an example entry.

<printer name> Print Server Card printer:\ :lp=/dev/<printer name>:\ :if=/usr/nic/infilter:\ :sd=/usr/spool/<printer name>:

* All printcap entries start with a tab except for the first.

7The script creates a spool directory in /usr/spool and starts a daemon for the newly configured printer. At this time, the script displays the path you should use if you ever need to restart the daemon.

Example:

/usr/nic/lpr_print /dev/nic/<printer name> print- fast 10001 &

8Run the ps command to view all your lpd/lpr processes. ps -ax grep lpd

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