Aix Remote Queue Time-Out Setting; Printing From Aix - Printronix Integrated Network Interface Card User Manual

Chapter 5
Solaris 2.6 – 7 NIC Setup
Troubleshooting
This installation procedure assumes that the NIC adapter is
configured with the correct IP address, subnet mask, and gateway
(if required). In addition you can also ping and telnet to the NIC
adapter.
To verify the NIC settings, print an E-net Test Page.
See "Printing A NIC Test Page" on page 22.
The default NIC queue name is d1prn (in lower case), however the
name can be changed. To verify the queue name, print an E-Net
Test Page or telnet to the adapter and do a "list dest" command.
AIX Remote Queue Time–Out Setting
Symptoms: Print jobs restart or queue goes down.
If the queue is set up for standard processing (not local filtering),
add -T50 flag to rembak to the queue device stanza for the queue
in /etc/qconfig
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak -T50
If the queue was set up for local filtering edit the file
/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piorlfb and change the line;
typeset piorlfb_rbflags=''''
to
typeset priorlfb_rbflags="-T50"

Printing From AIX

Version 4.0 and higher of AIX offers LPR/LPD support for network
printing. This means, to set up a new printer under this operating
system, you only need to define these two parameters:
1. NIC IP address. The IP address or host name of the print
2. NIC destination/queue. A pre-defined name on the print
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server to which you want to print.
server telling the device to which I/O port to send the jobs. Most
likely, you will use d1prn for the PRN.