Manual Lpr/Lpd Host Setup - Printronix Network Interface Card User Manual

Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup

The NIC also supports Unix operating systems which follow a BSD
print system (e.g., SunOS 4.1.x). This means a printcap file is used
to define all printers available on the host, and interface scripts are
not commonly used. Instead, LPR/LPD printers are defined.
To manually configure an LPR/LPD printer on a BSD Unix system:
1. Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file, /etc/
printcap.
Syntax:
printername:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\
:rm=NICname:\
:rp=NICdestination:\
:lp=:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/printername:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/acct:
where printername is any name you would like to give to this
new printer, NICname is the host or IP name of the print
server, and NICdestination is one of the pre-defined
destinations/queues on the device.
Example:
P5000:
:sh:pw#80:mx#0:\
:rm=spike:\
:rp=d1prn:\
:lp=:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/lpd/ P5000/acct:
2. Create the spool directory specified by the sd= entry in the
printcap entry for this printer.
Example:
touch /usr/spool/lpd/ P5000
3. Create the log and account files specified by the lf= and af=
entries in the printcap entry for this printer.
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