Chapter 10 Unix Host Configuration

HP-UX Configuration Guidelines

Within SAM follow the menu:

Printers and Plotters

Printers/Plotters

Printer/Plotter Manager menu ... select Actions

Add Local Printer/Plotter

 

Add parallel Printer/Plotter or

 

Add serial Printer/Plotter

If parallel printer is selected:

 

Printer Name

user's choice

Printer Model Interface

user's choice

Printer Device File Name

SAM creates a special file

Printer Class

user's choice

If serial printer is selected:

The system displays the Serial Interface Hardware Paths

Port

select a valid port

Printer Name

user's choice

Printer Model Interface

user's choice

Printer Device File Name

SAM creates a special file

Printer Class

user's choice

Printing Setup On Sys V

This setup involves any Unix operating system using System V print spooling (e.g., SCO, Solaris, DG/UX, Sun 2.5.x, 2.6, 2.7 and similar, etc.). This means an interface file is used for each defined printer and in the case of any System V print setup involving a NIC, the RSHD protocol is used to transfer data from the host to the print server.

To manually configure a new System V printer on a Unix station, create a dummy device file that acts as a locking mechanism between contending print jobs.

Sys V printing is characterized by use of the lp printer interface program, lpsched printer scheduler, and the use of an interface file. The file lpadmin is used in setting up the print queue definition. As of Sun 2.6 and on, the interface file netstandard is provided in a generic interface file intended for network print servers such as the NIC. Also as of Sun 2.6 the ability to print to a socket (sometimes called raw tcp) or a remote printer (dest for P5000LJ) is provided.

Root access is required to use lpshut (stop the print scheduler to add a new printer with lpadmin), lpsched and lpadmin.

For the following example, assume the print queue to be created is lobby, and the ping-able IP Address name of the P5000LJ is LJ_PS1, and you wish to print to remote printer (dest) d1prn on LJ_PS1. As always with Unix, commands are case-sensitive. Also, be sure to use the bourne or korn shell, not the cshell when using the commands.

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