Setting Up a Computer for Printing/Sending a Fax (Windows/UNIX)
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Using a
TCP/IP Netw
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rk
UNIX
NOTE
The machine supports the LPD print application for printing over TCP/IP networks.
1
Log in to a workstation as a superuser.
2
Set up the spooling system.
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Example using Solaris 1.x:
❑
Add the following to the /etc/printcap file:
<Print queue name>|<comment>:\
Input Example:
print_queue_name|comments:\
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Example using Solaris 2.x:
❑
Start the admintool utility.
❑
Click [Browse]
➞
[Printers].
❑
Click [Edit]
➞
[Add]
➞
[Access to Printer].
❑
In [Printer Name], enter the desired print queue name.
You can specify a print queue. The following three print queues are available:
•
LP
The machine prints according to its spool settings. Normally, <LP> is
entered as a print queue.
•
SPOOL
The machine prints only after spooling a print job on the hard disk,
regardless of its spool settings.
•
DIRECT
The machine prints without spooling a print job on the hard disk, regardless
of its spool settings.
:lp=<device special file>:\
:sd=<spool directory>:\
:rm=<printer IP address or host name>:
:lp=/var/spool/print_queue_name/.null:\
:sd=/var/spool/print_queue_name:\
:rm=printer_host_name:
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