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SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x, IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client, Toolchest, System/Printer Manager

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TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX) SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x Modify the /etc/hosts file to identify the printer to the workstation: Note You need superuser privileges to edit this file. 1. Log onto your system as root. 2. Make a backup copy of the /etc/hosts file. 3. Edit /etc/hosts and add a line that defines the printer's IP address and its name. The IP address you enter here for the printer must be the same address you specified as the printer's IP address when it was configured. The name is the name by which your workstation identifies the printer. IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client The following procedure describes how to use the SGI Printer Manager program to configure a workstation running IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client to support a color PostScript printer. 1. From the Toolchest, click System/Printer Manager, or type printers at the command line. 2. Click Printer, then select Add from the pull-down menu. 3. Fill in the fields (refer to the following table). Click OK. Field name New Printer Name Connection Type Remote Host Name Remote Printer Queue Name Description Name of the print queue (this can be anything). Select Network. The name that you entered in your /etc/hosts file as the remote machine name. Queue name that the printer recognizes: s PS for PostScript s PCL for text s HPGL for HP7475A s AUTO for automatic selection. 32 PhaserShare Networking Manual

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PhaserShare Networking Manual
TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)
SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x
Modify the
/etc/hosts
file to identify the printer to the workstation:
Note
You need superuser privileges to edit this file.
1.
Log onto your system as root.
2.
Make a backup copy of the /
etc/hosts
file.
3.
Edit
/etc/hosts
and add a line that defines the printer's IP address and its name. The IP
address you enter here for the printer must be the same address you specified as the
printer's IP address when it was configured. The name is the name by which your
workstation identifies the printer.
IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client
The following procedure describes how to use the SGI Printer Manager program to
configure a workstation running IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client to support a
color PostScript printer.
1.
From the
Toolchest
, click
System/Printer Manager
, or type
printers
at the command
line.
2.
Click
Printer,
then select
Add
from the pull-down menu.
3.
Fill in the fields (refer to the following table).
Click
OK.
Field name
Description
New Printer Name
Name of the print queue (this can be anything).
Connection Type
Select
Network
.
Remote Host Name
The name that you entered in your
/etc/hosts
file
as the remote machine name.
Remote Printer Queue Name
Queue name that the printer recognizes:
PS
for PostScript
PCL
for text
HPGL
for
HP7475A
AUTO
for automatic selection.