Installation guide

• If you do not have a CDE Desktop graphics interface, or if you wish to
continue to use current methods of print service administration, you can
use the lprsetup utility to administer print services. The lprsetup
utility will be retired in a future release of the operating system.
• You can perform these tasks manually by creating and modifying the
required files with a text editor.
10.2.1 Using Print Configuration Manager
The Print Configuration Manager may have some problems with
/etc/printcap files from DEC OSF/1 Version 3.2 or earlier, as follows:
• Aliases that conflict with system-assigned names.
Using /etc/printcap files in the current version, the system assigns
printer names lp[0-9]*, [0-9]*, and for the default printer, lp. For
example, the default printer may have a name field such as:
lp0|0|lp|default|declaser3500:....
Another printer may be named:
lp7|7|some_alias|another alias:....
Therefore, the system has difficulty with printers that have less than
two names or that use these reserved names as aliases.
• Altered attribute validation.
Some of the attribute value checking is different between earlier
versions and the current version. For example, some fields that were
not required are now mandatory, and some attribute values that were
allowed are no longer supported.
• Trailing comments.
The Print Configuration Manager requires that all comments be
associated with a printer. As a result, comments appearing after the
last printer are truncated.
To avoid these problems, invoke the printconfig utility with the menu
interface (printconfig -ui menu). This brings up the lprsetup utility,
which is fully compatible with earlier printcap files.
10.3 Print Services Commands
Unless you are using the CDE Desktop Print Configuration application,
you use the following commands to manage the print system:
• The lprsetup command to add, modify, and remove printers
• The lpc command to monitor and control printer operations
10–2 Administering the Print Services