Tektronix Phasershare Printer manual Irix 6.x with Impressario Server, IBM AIX 3.x

8 TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)

IRIX 6.x with Impressario Server

The following procedure describes how to use the SGI Printer Manager program to configure a workstation running IRIX 6.x with Impressario Server 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).
Printer Connected To	Select Local Host.
Location Code	Optional; may contain information describing the
	location of the printer.
Location Description	Optional; may contain information describing the
	location of the printer.
Printer Type	Select one of the Generic Color PostScript
	entries.
Printer is Attached to	Select Network.
Printer's Name (or IP Address)	The name that you entered in your /etc/hosts file
	as the remote machine name.
Printer is Attached to Network With	Network card Installed in printer.

4.Click OK.

IBM AIX 3.x and 4.x

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

1.Log onto your system as root.

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

N O T E

You need superuser privileges to edit this 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.

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