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Section 3 TCP/IP Network Configuration
PocketPro 100S Administrator’s Guide -- Document #40165-110 Rev. A 3-5
IBM RS/6000
AIX
Configuration
The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The procedure is as follows
for AIX 4.0 and later:
1. Enter SMIT and select “devices”
2. Select “Printer/Plotter”
3. Select “Print Spooling”
4. Select “Add a Print Queue”
5. Select “Remote”
6. Enter the following Remote Printer Settings:
Name of queue (user selectable)
Host Name of Remote Printer (TROY Print server name; must match name /etc/hosts file or use TROY
print server IP address)
Name of queue on remote server (TROY print server binary or text service name)
Type of print spooler: BSD (press the list button and choose BSD).
The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows:
1. Enter smit and select "Devices"
2. Select "Printer/plotter"
3. Select "Manage remote printer subsystem"
4. Select "Client services"
5. Select "Remote printer queues"
6. Select "Add a remote queue"
7. Enter the following remote queue settings:
Name of queue to add (user selectable)
Activate the queue (Yes)
Destination host (TROY print server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or use the print server IP
address)
Name of queue on remote printer (TROY print server binary or text service name)
Name of device to add (user selectable; for example, lp0)