IBM 4400-006 User Manual - Page 117

Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup To manually configure a new System V printer on a Unix station, create a dummy device file that acts as a locking mechanism between contending print jobs. Syntax: touch /dev/EthernetInterfacename.portname where EthernetInterfacename is the host or IP name of the print server and portname is one of its four I/O ports. Example: touch /dev/spike.prn Manual LPR/LPD Host Setup The Ethernet Interface also supports Unix operating systems which follow a BSD print system (e.g., SunOS 4.1.x). This means a printcap file is used to define all printers available on the host, and interface scripts are not commonly used. Instead, LPR/LPD printers are defined. To manually configure an LPR/LPD printer on a BSD Unix system: 1. Define an entry for this new printer within the printcap file, /etc/ printcap. Syntax: printername: :sh:pw#80:mx#0:\ :rm=EthernetInterfacename:\ :rp=EthernetInterfacedestination:\ :lp=:\ :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/printername:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/log:\ :af=/usr/spool/lpd/printername/acct: where printername is any name you would like to give to this new printer, EthernetInterfacename is the host or IP name of the print server, and NICdestination is one of the pre-defined destinations/queues on the device. Example: 4400: :sh:pw#80:mx#0:\ :rm=spike:\ 117