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Configuring for LPD Printing 162
Example: Printcap Entries for PostScript, PCL, or HP-GL/2
Printers
lj1_raw|raw1:\
:lp=:\
:rm=laserjet1:\
:rp=raw:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/lj1_raw.log:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lj1_raw:
If your printer does not support automatic switching between
PostScript, PCL, and HP-GL/2 languages, use the printer's control
panel (if the printer has one) to select the printer language or rely
on the application to select the printer language via commands
embedded in the print data.
Make sure your users know the printer names for the printers, since
they must type those names on the command line for printing.
Create the spooling directory by making the following entries. At
the root directory, type:
mkdir /usr/spool/lpd
cd /usr/spool/lpd
mkdir printer_name_1 printer_name_2
chown daemon printer_name_1 printer_name_2
chgrp daemon printer_name_1 printer_name_2
chmod g+w printer_name_1 printer_name_2
where
printer_name_1
and
printer_name_2
refer to the
printers to be spooled. You may spool several printers. The following
example shows the command to create the spooling directories for
printers used for text (or ASCII) printing and for PCL or PostScript
printing.
Example: Creating Spooling Directory for Text and
PCL/PostScript Printers
mkdir /usr/spool/lpd
cd /usr/spool/lpd
mkdir lj1_text lj1_raw
chown daemon lj1_text lj1_raw
chgrp daemon lj1_text lj1_raw
chmod g+w lj1_text lj1_raw
