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10 Test the printer by choosing Yes and clicking Finish.
4.2.2 LPR on Windows 95/98
To enable LPR printing on Windows 95/98, you must download and install the LPR for
Windows 95/98 application from the Lantronix CD included with the product.
1 From the Distribution CD, install Lantronix LPR.
2 Follow the directions in the readme file to configure LPR on your PC.
4.2.3 LPR on UNIX Hosts
The Berkeley remote printing system is supported on many machines, and is simple to con-
figure. This section describes how to configure LPR print queues on generic UNIX hosts
such as SUN hosts. There are slight variations in LPR configuration for AIX, HP, and SCO
hosts, as will be explained in the following sections.
1 Install a print queue on your host by adding the MPS name and IP address to the
/etc/hosts file:
Figure 4-6: Adding /etc/hosts Entry
2 Add the host print queue to the /etc/printcap file. The punctuation shown in Figure
4-7 is required, and no extra spaces should be added.
Figure 4-7: Adding /etc/printcap Entry
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx MPS_xxxxxx
mps_prt|Printer on LAB MPS:\
:rm=MPS_xxxxxx:\
:rp=MPS_xxxxxx_TEXT:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/mps_prt: