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6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the
Host
The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to allow printing to
your network remote print server varies between different varieties of Unix.
The procedure below can be used for Unix variants that are related to
BSD Unix, such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix, consult
your system documentation, keeping in mind that:
1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked print server
host.
2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you have
assigned to the print server.
3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should be lpt1,
lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the printer port on the print server.
You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the superuser
(root). To configure your Unix host for printing,
1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print server’s IP
address. You can add this address to the /etc/hosts file, by adding a
line such as:
203.66.191.186 pserver
2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same directory where
spool directories are normally kept on the machine, such as /var/spool
or /var/spool/lpd:
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
3. Add an entry to the host’s /etc/printcap file, similar to the following:
printer-name:\