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5-18Using PRICOM in UNIX/Linux Environment
Users Manual SX
This section explains how to print from IBM AIX.
Command absolute path and setting method may vary depending on OS version. Refer to
your workstation manual for more details.
1. Prepare the print queue.
1-1 Log in to the UNIX machine through “root”.
# login root
1-2 Add a print server.
Example: To add a host named “pbox”.
# ruser -a -p pbox
1-3 Start the remote printer daemon.
# startsrc -s lpd
# mkitab 'lpd:2:once:startsrc -s lpd'
1-4 Add a print queue by using smit command:
1-4-1 Once the command starts, shift to the option “Add printing queue”.
# smit mkrque
1-4-2 Among “Connection types”, select “remote”(a printer connected to a remote host).
1-4-3 Select “Standard processing” among “remote printing type".
1-4-4 Under “Add a standard remote queue”, configure the following items.
In addition, modify other options to match the conditions of the operating environment.
Example: To register the print queue under the name “pboxlp”.
Queue to be registered [pboxlp]
Host name of the remote server [pbox]
Name of the queue on the remote server [lp]
Type of print spooler on the remote server [BSD]
Printer name description on the remote server [any comment]
-“lp” in the “Queue name on the remote server” line is PRICOM remote printer name.
NOTE
Using PRICOM in AIX 4.x.x Environment