Defining A Printer On Unix Client Workstations - Xerox DocuColor 6060 Installation Manual

LPR Printing with the CXP6000 Color Server

Defining a Printer on Unix Client Workstations

AIX and UNIX Command Line
To define an AIX 4.2.1 printer for printing through LPR:
On your UNIX workstation (for example, AIX 4.2.1), type
1.
follow the sequence:
remote>Standard processing
In
2. Name of QUEUE to add
used on your UNIX client (use a logical name to recognize the remote
printer).
In
3. HOSTNAME of remote server
server where the printer is defined (for example
In
4. Name of QUEUE on remote server
queue defined on the remote server (for example
Note: Verify that the printer name defined on the remote server contains no
more than 20 characters. Unix is case sensitive.
Click .
5. OK
Printing from a UNIX Client Workstation
To print from a UNIX client through LPR:
Type the following:
1.
<lpr><space><-P><space><local UNIX printer
name><space><PS file name>
For example, to print frog.ps on a printer named ProcessPrint, type:
lpr -P ProcessPrint frog.ps.
Press .
2.
ENTER
The PostScript file is downloaded to the printer. All settings are taken
from the remote printer on the CXP6000 Color Server.
Note: Use alphanumeric and underscores for names. Names
are case sensitive, for example, ProcessPrint not processprint.
UNIX does not require PPDs to print jobs.
Print Spooling>Add a Print Queue>
.
, type the name of the print queue to be
, type the hostname of the remote
, type the exact name of the print
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ProcessPrint