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Using the PostScript .PS Files
Before you can print manuals from the CD in your server, you must connect a printer to
the parallel port. Then use the supplied PostScript files (
manual or other information you may want.
Installing a PostScript Printer with NT
User's with an NT operating system should use the following guidelines:
1.
From the CD-ROM menu bar, select Quit to DOS and press
2. From the pop-up menu, select Quit Now and press
3. At the prompt
C:\>
4. At the prompt, type
of
files.
.PS
5. Use the copy or print command to send the
using the appropriate driver.
6. At the prompt
C:\>
Installing a PostScript Printer with Linux
If the server uses the Linux operating system, use these guidelines to install and
configure the printer:
1.
Attach a printer to the parallel port.
2. As root, run /usr/sbin/printtool
This launches a graphical user interface (GUI) you can use to edit the server's
/etc/printcap file and create a spool directory for your printer.
Alternately, you can edit the
Note:
enable the printer you have connected. The text file
/usr/doc/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO
using
/etc/printcap
3. Click on the Add button in the RHS Linux Print System Manager GUI.
4. Choose local printer; note that you can also set up remote printers here as well, such
as a UNIX-type lpd queue or lanmanager printer using SMB.
5. When Linux detects the port that your printer is on, click OK.
, type
dir c:\manuals
dir c:\(manual name)\pscript
, type
and press
menu
Enter
/etc/printcap
provides information on configuring a printer
.
Printing Manuals from the CD
) to print a hard copy of a
.PS
.
Enter
.
Enter
and press
.
Enter
and press
Enter
files directly to a PostScript printer
.PS
to return to the CD-ROM menu.
file on your system directly to
to see a list
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