User`s manual

UNIX Configuration 7-11
7. Designate a spooler directory and press ENTER, or accept the default spooler
directory displayed and press ENTER.
8. Designate a remote system name and press ENTER.
9. Designate PORT1 as the remote system printer name and press ENTER.
10. You are asked to enter the name of a printcap symbol from a displayed list. Type
Q and press ENTER.
11. Your configuration is displayed. You are asked whether these values are final.
Type Y or N and press ENTER. An example is shown below.
12. Add comments to the printcap file. For example, you can type:
Dick’s printer down the hall ENTER
13. Select exit to save your configuration and press ENTER.
You are now prepared to print.
7.3.7 Setting Up a SCO UNIX Remote Printer to Use lpd
Set up a remote printer on the host that sends jobs to a EcoLAN 3000E using lpd. Use
the following procedures to do this:
1. At the prompt, type: mkdev rlp
Note: You cannot run mkdev rlp twice. If you have additional printers to be configured,
use the rlpconf command.
2. You will now be asked a series of questions. Respond as follows. Do you want to
install or remove a remote printer? Type: I
3. Do you want to change printer description file /etc/printcap? Type: Y
4. Write a printer name. For example, type: lprprinter1
5. Is lprprinter1 a remote printer or a local printer? Type: R
Printer #7 Symbol Type Representative Value
lp (line printer) STR
rm (remote host) STR
EcoLAN 3000E_host
rp (remote printer) STR PORT1
sd (spooler directory) STR /usr/spool/lpd7
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