Virtual Printer Commands - Kyocera FS-600 User Manual

5. Configure a virtual printer using printer_name as the physical device, where
printer_name is the same printer name chosen during install.
6. Shut down the qdaemon using the command
stopsrc -s qdaemon
7. Edit /usr/lpd/qconfig to change the special file for device printer_name from /dev/
printer_name to /dev/nic/printer_name.
8. Restart the daemon with:
startsrc -s daemon."
The installation script then will create the named pipe and starts the supplied print
daemon using the printer name and EcoLAN 2000E information you supplied. Since
the AIX System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) will not accept a named pipe as a
printer device, the installation script also creates a null character device in /dev/
printer_name.

7.4.9.1Virtual Printer Commands

Virtual printers can be added either through SMIT or through the mkvirprt command,
entering the device name printer_name for configuration purposes. During this
process you also select a particular printer type for the new printer, which inherits the
set of predefined attributes for that printer type. In most cases, this set of attributes will
be sufficient, but it can be changed either through SMIT or by using the chvirprt
command. If you need more extensive changes on your printer, see the AIX RISC
System/6000 documentation for assistance. After the virtual printer has been added,
there will be a stanza in /usr/lpd/qconfig for device printer_name that looks like the
following:
printer_name:
file=/dev/printer_name
backend=/usr/lpd/piobe
Edit /usr/qconfig and change
file=/dev/printer_name to file=/dev/nic/printer_name.
Output spooled on the virtual printer as defined above, will now be sent to the named
pipe and routed to EcoLAN 2000E. Before you edit the files above, be sure that the
following deamon is running:
/usr/nic/lpr_print /dev/nic/printer_name printfast 10001 &
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