TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX) 8

SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x

Modify the /etc/hosts file to identify the printer to the workstation:

N O T E

You need superuser privileges to edit this file.

1.Log onto your system as root.

2.Make a backup copy of the /etc/hosts file.

3.Edit /etc/hosts and add a line that defines the printer's IP address and its name. The IP address you enter here for the printer must be the same address you specified as the printer's IP address when it was configured. The name is the name by which your workstation identifies the printer.

IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client

The following procedure describes how to use the SGI Printer Manager program to configure a workstation running IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client to support a color PostScript printer.

1.From the Toolchest, click System/Printer Manager, or type printers at the command line.

2.Click Printer and select Add from the pull-down menu.

3.Fill in the fields; refer to the following table.

Field name

Description

 

 

New Printer Name

Name of the print queue (this can be anything).

 

 

Connection Type

Select Network.

 

 

Remote Host Name

The name that you entered in your /etc/hosts file

 

as the remote machine name.

 

 

Remote Printer Name

Queue name that the printer recognizes:

 

PS for PostScript

 

PCL for text

 

HPGL for HP7475A

 

AUTO for automatic selection.

 

 

 

4.Click OK.

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