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Management Methods 3-3
Berkeley UNIX Host Configuration
Berkeley UNIX host computers include Linux, Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital UNIX, OSF/1, and ULTRIX; Compaq Tru64 UNIX; SunOS (not
Solaris), SCO UNIX; and many others. Sun Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX users
should skip to the appropriate sections later in this manual.
♦ Do not use the Linux X-Windows graphical user interface printer
configuration utility, because it does not work with Paxar print servers.
Instead, Linux users should follow the configuration steps listed in this
section.
♦ SCO UNIX users should use the rlpconf command to create a printer and
automatically configure the /etc/printcap file (you will still need to edit the
/etc/hosts file). Enter the print server's service name (PXRxxxxxx_P1) as
the name of the printer (refer to the print server self-test for the exact
name of this service), and enter the name of the print server that you
assigned in the /etc/hosts file as the remote host name; note that
because this name must be unique for each printer, we recommend using
the PXRxxxxxx_P1 service instead of the normal BINARY_P1 service.
1. Edit the /etc/hosts file: (or equivalent local host table). For example:
192.189.207.33 pxrprinter
2. Edit the printcap file: An example of a typical entry in the printcap file is:
PaxarPrinter:\
:lp=:\
:rm=PXR:\
:rp=BINARY_P1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/PaxarPrinter:
"PaxarPrinter" is the queuename.
"PXR" matches the name in the hosts file.
"BINARY_P1" is the print server's service name.
Note: Use TEXT_P1 instead of BINARY_P1 for text files."sd" is the spool
directory.