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Note: You will need superuser privileges to edit this file.

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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.

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

2. Click on Printer and select Add from the pull-down menu.
   For New Printer Name, type the name of the print queue (this can be called anything).

   For Connection Type, select Network.

   For Remote Host Name, type in the name you entered in the /etc/hosts file.

   For Remote Printer Name, type PS or AUTO in all capital letters.

3. Click OK

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

2. Click on Printer and select Add from the pull-down menu.
   For New Printer Name, type the name of the print queue (this can be called anything).

   For Printer Connected To, select Local Host.

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   Note: The fields Location Code and Location Description may contain information describing the location of the printer, or they can be left blank.

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   In the box labeled Printer Type, select one of the Generic Color Postscript entries.

   For Printer is Attached to, click on Network.

   For Printer's Name (or IP Address), type in the printer name you entered in the /etc/hosts file.

   For Printer is Attached to Network With, select Network Card Installed in Printer.

3. Click OK

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Note: You need superuser privileges to edit this file.

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Printcap Parameters

You use these printcap parameters: lp, rm, rp, mx, lf and sd.

lp The name of the device to open. This parameter must be left empty.
rm The remote machine name. This is the name by which the workstation identifies the
printer it must match the name in the /etc/hosts file. For example, phaser550.
rp The remote printer queue name. This is the queue name that the printer recognizes.
Valid entries for internal TCP/IP are:

PS - PostScript
PCL - Text
HPGL - HP7475A
AUTO - Auto selection

mx The maximum size of a file. Set mx to 0 for unlimited file size. This allows the print
command to handle large PostScript or image files.
lf The name of the log file where print command error messages are collected. Some
systems have a log file for each print queue, some have one log file for all queues. Refer
to your workstation's documentation for more information.
sd The spool directory on your host. You must make a separate spool directory for each
queue.

Example:

# Printer: Tektronix Phaser 550
# Print queue name: colorprinter
# Remote machine name: phaser550
# Remote printer queue name: PS
# Spool directory: /usr/spool/lpd/colorprinter
colorprinter:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:rm=phaser550:\
:rp=PS:\
:mx#0:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ERRORLOG:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/colorprinter:
#

Set up spool directories

After you have edited the /etc/hosts and /etc/printcap files, you must create and set permissions for the spool directory you specified in /etc/printcap. For example, these commands create and set permissions for the spool directory specified in the example:

cd /usr/spool/lpd
mkdir colorprinter
chown daemon colorprinter
chgrp daemon colorprinter
chmod 770 colorprinter

Refer to your UNIX® documentation for the correct command syntax for your workstation.