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6.2 UNIX Printing
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TCP/IP Configuration
Chapter 6
11. Your configuration is displayed. You are asked whether these
values are final. Type
Y or N and press . An example is
shown below.
12. Add comments to the printcap file. For example, you can type:
Dick’s printer down the hall
13. Select exit to save your configuration and press .
You are now prepared to print.
6.2.2.7 Setting Up a SCO UNIX Remote Printers to
Use lpd
Set up a remote printer on the host that sends jobs to a NIC using
lpd. Use the following procedures to do this:
1. At the prompt, type:
#mkdev rlp
Note
2. You will now be asked a series of questions. Respond as follows.
“Do you want to install or remove a remote printer?” Type:
I
3. “Do you want to change printer description file /etc/printcap?”
Type:
Y
4. Type in a printer name. For example, type: printer1
5. “Is printer1 a remote printer or a local printer?” Type: R
6. Enter remote host name: type host name entered in printcap for
NIC. For example, type:
printfast
7. Confirm the information you have entered. Type: Y
Printer #7 Symbol Type Representative Value
lp (line printer)
STR
rm (remote host) STR <NIC IP address>
rp (remote printer) STR PORT1
sd (spooler directory) STR /usr/spool/lpd7
• You cannot run mkdev rlp twice. If you have additional printers to
be configured, use the
rlpconf
command.
Enter
Enter
Enter
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