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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
LPD Printing Configuration
LPD is a built-in printing protocol for most UNIX systems, and is also supported in Windows
NT 3.5 or later.
LPD on IBM AIX 4.15
Before proceeding, ensure that the IOPRINT+ Print Server has been assigned an IP
Address. To setup your AIX system for LPD printing, perform the following steps.
1. Add the IOPRINT+ Print Server to /etc/hosts.lpd, using the name you assigned to the
IOPRINT+ Print Server.
2. Start the LPD daemon if it is not running, using the following command:
start src -s qdaemon
3. Start the system administration tool smit and select Print Spooling
4. Create the required number of queues (one for each logical printer) by selecting:
• Add a Print Queue
• Remote (Printer attached to Remote Host)
• Standard Processing
5. Use the following information:
6. Ensure that the logical printers are configured in the IOPRINT+ Print Server. Refer to
Logical Printers on page 49
7. Print using the following command:
lp -d printer_queue file_name
Where
printer_queue is one of the entries used in Name of queue to add.
file_name is the file you wish to print.
Field Entry
Name of queue to add Use a single-word queue name which indicates which
printer is attached.
Hostname for remote
server
IOPRINT+ Print Server name as used in /etc/hosts.lpd.
Name of queue on remote
server
Logical printer number (L1..L3 or L1..L8) to service this
queue.
Type of print spooler on
remote server.
Use default value (AIX Version xxx)