To set up the workstation to print with lpr/lpd on Solaris,
UnixWare, and other System V, Release 4-based systems
1
Log in to your UNIX workstation as root.
2
In the /etc/hosts file, add a unique host name and IP address for
each NetportExpress print server you want to configure.
3
Set up the print queue and remote printer. You can use the native
System Admininstration utility to add a remote printer of type
BSD, or you can add it from a command line by typing one of the
following sets of entries.
a
Type: lpsystem -t bsd host
where host is the host name from step 2.
b
Type the printer entry.
• For printing standard UNIX text files, type on one line:
c
Type:
accept printer
enable printer
where:
printer is the name of the printer queue.
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• For printing PostScript or PCL files, type on one line:
lpadmin -p
postscript,simple
lpadmin -p printer -s host ! port -I
simple
where:
printer is the name of the printer queue.
host is the name of the print server from step 2 above.
port defines a remote printer attached to the
NetportExpress print server. It can be
LPT1_PASSTHRU or LPT1_TEXT (parallel port 1 or the
internal card)
LPT2_PASSTHRU or LPT1_TEXT (for parallel port 2)
COM1_PASSTHRU or COM1_TEXT (for the serial port)
Note: Use PASSTHRU for PCL, PostScript, or application
files and TEXT for standard UNIX text files.
printer
-s host ! port
-I
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