Example Installation For A Typical Bsd Unix System - Tektronix Phasershare Printer Networking Manual

Example installation for a typical BSD UNIX system

The following procedure is an example spooler configuration that will work for
many BSD systems, including SunOS 4.x and 5.x (Solaris 1.x and 2.x) and Digital
UNIX.
Modify the /etc/hosts file to identify the printer to the workstation and modify the
/etc/printcap file to describe the printer to the workstation:
1.
Log on to your system as root.
2.
Make a backup copy of the /etc/hosts file.
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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.
(You will enter this same remote name in your /etc/printcap file in the next
step.)
Example:
134.62.33.138
In this example, 134.62.33.138 is the printer's IP address and
Phaser740 is the printer's remote name.
4.
Make a backup copy of the /etc/printcap file.
5.
Edit /etc/printcap and add an entry for your printer. Refer to the following
example and the table "Descriptions of printcap parameters" on page 86 to
create your entry.
Sample printcap file
# Printer: Tektronix Phaser740
# Print queue name: colorprinter
# Remote machine name:
# Remote printer queue name:
# Spool directory:
colorprinter:\
:lp=:\
:rm=Phaser740:\
:rp=PS:\
:mx#0:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ERRORLOG:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/colorprinter:
#
TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)
Phaser740
Phaser740
PS
/usr/spool/lpd/colorprinter
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