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If “ibm6400” does not appear in the list, the proper driver files are not
installed. Obtain the driver files and follow the instructions included
with them to install the files on your machine.
2. At the command prompt, enter
smitty mkvirprt
.
3. At the “Add a Printer Queue” screen, select “remote”.
4. At “Type of Remote Printing,” select “Local Filtering...”.
5. At “Remote Printing Type,” select “IBM”.
6. At the next “Remote Printing Type,” select “ibm6400”.
7. At “Add a Remote Print Queue with Local Filtering,” perform the
following:
a. Type in any print queue names desired in the entry fields next to
the desired emulation(s).
NOTE: At least one print queue name field must be filled in.
b. In the “HOSTNAME” field, type in the hostname or IP address of
the printer NIC.
c. In the “QUEUE” field, type in one of the 4 possible print queue
names found on the printer NIC. d1prn, d2prn, d3prn, and
d4prn are the four default LPD print queues on the NIC. If the
defaults have not been changed, choose any one of these
queues.
NOTE: When the IPDS feature is installed, queue name d4prn is not
available.
d. In the “TYPE” field, leave the value as “AIX Version 3 or 4”.
e. Leave “PASS-THROUGH FLAG” field as “yes”.
f. Press Enter to complete the setup.
g. After processing has finished, press F10 to exit SMIT.
8. At the command prompt, enter
enq -A
to view the print queues just
entered.
9. Enter
qprt -
Pqueuename
filename
to send a job to the printer.