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Setting Up an HP/UX Remote Printer to Use lpd
Set up a remote printer on the host that sends jobs to a Print Server Card using the
Print Server Card lpd. To do this:
• At the prompt, type: sam
• When a window appears, select Printer/Plotter Manager.
• When the menu appears, select List printer and plotters.
• When a list appears, select Actions in the title bar.
• From the pull-down menu, select Add Remote Printer.
• When a window appears, add values to configure the printer. See the following
example.
Input Requested
Printer Name
Remote System Name
Remote Printer Name
• At the bottom of the screen, select Remote Printer is on BSD system from the
three choices available.
• Click on the OK button.
• Ping the unit to test communications. Type:
ping
• Ping should confirm your IP address with the message:
<Printer IP address> is alive
If the connection is confirmed, you can now print.
Example
myprinter
fastprint
PORT1
<Printer IP address>
Description of Input Data
name to be used in lp command
Printer hostname as in /etc/hosts
lpd queue name
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