Chapter 5 Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC Setup
Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup
The NIC also supports Unix operating systems which follow a BSD print system (e.g., SunOS 4.1.x). This means a printcap file is used to define all printers available on the host, and interface scripts are not commonly used. Instead, LPR/LPD printers are defined.
To manually configure an LPR/LPD printer on a BSD Unix system:
1.Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file, /etc/ printcap.
Syntax:
printername:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\ :rm=NICname:\ :rp=NICdestination:\ :lp=:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/printername:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/log:\ :af=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/acct:
where printername is any name you would like to give to this new printer, NICname is the host or IP name of the print server, and NICdestination is one of the
Example:
P5000:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\
:rm=spike:\
:rp=d1prn:\
:lp=:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/log:\ :af=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/acct:
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