Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual TCP/IP Host Configuration Unix, Configuring a host

Chapter

8 TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)

Configuring a host

Adding the printer to the host table

Add the printer’s name to the host table and assign an IP address to the printer’s name. Depending on your host system, you may do this one of three ways:

■Use NIS (Name Information Server, formerly Yellow Pages).

■Use DNS (Domain Name Server).

■Edit a file (for example, /etc/hosts). For an example, see “Example installation for a typical BSD UNIX system” on page 85.

Assigning a print queue to the printer

■For BSD systems, edit the /etc/printcap file and add a spool directory (for example, to /usr/spool/lpd).

■For System V hosts, configure the queue as a remote BSD print queue (support for TCP/IP LPR is required). Specific instructions for the following System V hosts are provided in this manual:

■“Sun Solaris” on page 87.

■“SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x” on page 89.

■“IBM AIX 3.x and 4.x” on page 90.

■“Hewlett-PackardHP-UX 9.x and 10.x” on page 92.

N O T E

Some UNIX hosts report an error when you configure a print queue that is not currently on the network; ignore this message.

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