Configuring Printers; Configuring Xprint Printers; Starting Mercator - Fujitsu Siemens Computers SX series User Manual

Configuring printers

9.5 Configuring printers

9.5.1 Configuring Xprint printers

You configure Xprint printers in the Mercator graphical user interface.
You can operate Mercator:
– via the hardware console (SMC) of the SX server
– via a PC with an X user interface
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9.5.1.1

Starting Mercator

Ê Permit SX access to the computer from which you are performing the operation.
Example
In order to perform printer configuration under Mercator, you must be able to access the
partition with root permissions. This is possible via root access at the SMC consoles (with
RC2000) or by means of user-specific logins which acquire root permissions via the su
command after login (see
Ê Establish access to the partition with root permissions.
Enter the name of the computer from which you are performing the operation via the
Ê
DISPLAY variable and call Mercator.
DISPLAY=<hostname of computer>:0 mercator &
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For information on installing and operating the Mercator graphical user interface,
see the manual "Xprint Management V6.0A GUI" [22].
Xprint is a licensed product. The commands for entering valid licenses are
described in the manual
Configuration of the X server at the PC:
with Exceed: Settings under Security, see
for SKP-SR: xhost + <hostname>
section "Login access to root in the partitions" on page
"Xprint Management V6.0A
page 137
Global X2000 functions
GUI" [22].
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