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11.2 Console Mode
To configure the GDI Print Server for LPD printing, perform the procedures
below:
Enable GDI Print Server's TCP/IP Support.
1.
Set up GDI Print Server's IP address.
2.
Verify GDI Print Server's IP Address.
3.
Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
4.
Print a test page.
5.
In the next sections, we will describe these five procedures step by step.
11.2.1 Enable GDI Print Server's TCP/IP Support
The default configuration of the GDI Print Server is with TCP/IP support enabled.
Anyway, you can configure the GDI Print Server to enable TCP/IP support using
the configuration program.
11.2.2 Setup GDI Print Server's IP Address
The GDI Print Server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized
by the network.
You can set up the IP address on the various Unix/Linux systems using any one
of the following methods:
1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
The GDI Print Server will use the last two methods to obtain its IP address
automatically if its IP address is configured as Auto (0.0.0.0).
11.2.2.1
DHCP
There are many Unix/Linux systems that support DHCP protocol, and the
procedures to configure the DHCP server database are different. Please refer to
the manual of Unix/Linux for the way to use different DHCP Server. It is highly
recommended that the DHCP server should be located on the same network as
the GDI Print Server.
11.2.2.2
BOOTP
If you have the BOOTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX/LINUX system
that is accessible by the GDI Print Server, you can use the BOOTP protocol to
set up the IP address of the GDI Print Server. We recommend that the BOOTP
server should be located on the same subnet as the GDI Print Server. If you use
Network Information Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild
the NIS map with the BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP
configuration. To rebuild the NIS map, please refer to your system
documentation.
To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in
the host of BOOTP server as the superuser (root). Perform the following steps to
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