Setting Up The Colorwriter Printing Environment; Unix Server Print Queues - Digital Equipment Colorwriter LSR 2000+ Getting Started

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5-5 UNIX server print queues

Setting up the Colorwriter printing environment

To set up Colorwriter printing on TCP/IP networks, the network administrator
must follow these steps:
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Specify the appropriate settings in the Colorwriter Printer Setup and Network
Setup on the printer control panel.
The administrator must enter a valid IP address for the Colorwriter. In
addition, if the TCP/IP network uses a gateway, enter the gateway address. If it
uses a subnet mask, enter the value of the subnet mask. For information on
printer control panel setup, see Chapter 4.
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Add the Colorwriter to the network's IP host table.
A superuser must add the Colorwriter name and IP address to the system's
database of network printers.
If your site is using NIS (Network Information Services), this step must be
performed on the master NIS (server) machine. After adding the Colorwriter
entry, the updated database must be released to network users.
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For the Colorwriter name, specify the print server protocol, the queue, and the
spool file.
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Activate the Colorwriter connection.
Depending on your system, you may restart the printer daemon.
UNIX server print queues
The lpd protocol is a printer spooling system. It is a set of programs that accepts
printing requests from many users on a network, routes them to the proper print
server (in this case, the Colorwriter), and accepts requests to display a queue's
status or to remove jobs from a queue.
The lpd system is included in the standard installation of Berkeley-based UNIX
systems, Digital UNIX, Ultrix, SunOS 4, and Solaris, and is an option for the
SGI IRIX system.
Use the examples that follow as a guide in helping you set up your network for
printing to the Colorwriter.