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TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)
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SGI IRIX 5.3 and 6.x
Modify the /etc/hosts file to identify the printer to the workstation:
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You need superuser privileges to edit this file.
1.
Log onto your system as root.
2.
Make a backup copy of the /etc/hosts file.
3.
Edit /etc/hosts and add a line that defines the printer's IP address and its
name. The IP address you enter here for the printer must be the same
address you specified as the printer's IP address when it was configured.
The name is the name by which your workstation identifies the printer.
IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client
The following procedure describes how to use the SGI Printer Manager program to
configure a workstation running IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.x with Impressario Client to
support a color PostScript printer.
1.
From the Toolchest, click System/Printer Manager, or type printers at the
command line.
2.
Click Printer and select Add from the pull-down menu.
3.
Fill in the fields; refer to the following table.
4.
Click OK.
Field name Description
New Printer Name Name of the print queue (this can be anything).
Connection Type Select Network.
Remote Host Name The name that you entered in your
/etc/hosts
file
as the remote machine name.
Remote Printer Name Queue name that the printer recognizes:
■ PS for PostScript
■ PCL for text
■ HPGL for HP7475A
■ AUTO for automatic selection.