Specifications

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Printing Administration
Managing and using remote printers and queues
To print to a remote system, you must set up a remote queue on the local system. This
process involves tasks, such as naming a queue and a queue device on the local host, and
indicating the name of the remote host and the queue on the remote host to which print jobs
are sent.
This section includes the following topics:
• Setting up a remote print queue on page 2-51
• Starting the remote print queue on page 2-51
• Remote printing and the qconfig file on page 2-51
• Configuring a remote host as a print server on page 2-52
• Using remote printers and queues on page 2-52
• Using remote host access for printing on page 2-53
• Using the lpd remote subsystem on page 2-55
Setting up a remote print queue
To set up a remote queue with Web–based System Manager, enter wsm, and then select
Printers.
You can also use the smit mkrque command. For more information, see Adding a print
queue device on page 2-9.
Note: The queue on the remote host designated to receive remote print requests must
be an active queue.
Starting the remote print queue
To start the remote queue with Web–based System Manager, enter wsm, select Printers,
and then select the name of the queue and queue device you configured for remote printing.
You can also use the smit qstart command.
Remote printing and the qconfig file
The qconfig file contains stanzas that define queue devices. For a remote printer, some of
the field values in the device stanza differ from those for a local printer. The following table
lists the fields which have particular significance for remote printers. The table also shows
sample values or default values for these fields.
Remote queue
devices
Sample or default
values
Description
host sys2 Name of the remote host (print server) where jobs
will be printed.
rq q2 Name of the remote queue on which jobs will be
printed.
s_statfilter /usr/lpd/aixshort Filter used to translate remote queue status
information into a short form for queue status
requests, such as qchk. This is the default value
when the remote print server is another base
operating system.
/usr/lpd/bsdshort Filter used to translate BSD lpq command output
(short form) when the remote print server is a
BSD system.