Installation guide

10.5.1.8 Connection Type
The ct parameter specifies the type of connection to the printer. You can
connect a printer directly to your computer from a port or terminal line.
You can access networked printers that are connected to a LAT (Local Area
Transport) terminal server or to a remote host. If you are using lprsetup,
the choices for the connection type are:
• dev for local devices
• LAT for LAT devices (must be specified in uppercase)
• tcp for remote devices
The lprsetup program supplies the default value dev.
10.5.1.9 Baud Rate
The baud rate is the maximum rate at which data can travel between the
data source and the printer (for example, 4800 or 9600). The default baud
rate for your printer should appear in the printer documentation. If you
reset this baud rate yourself during the installation of the printer
hardware, the rate that you set on the printer must match the rate that
you enter in the /etc/printcap file.
You specify a baud rate only for serial printers that are directly connected
to your computer. Baud rates are not specified for printers connected to the
console port or connected by a parallel port or LAT port.
10.5.2 Using lprsetup to Install a Printer
This section describes how to install a printer locally (directly connected to
your computer) using the lprsetup program. You can also use this
program to modify a printer’s configuration or remove a printer. These
other tasks are described in Section 10.6.
Compaq recommends that you accept the default values for an initial
printer installation.
The printer described in the following example is an LN03R.
You can run the lprsetup program three ways:
• Select the Applications menu from a Motif window and choose System
Setup from the menu
• Enter the /usr/sbin/setup command at the prompt and choose
Printers from the menu
• Enter the /usr/sbin/lprsetup command at the prompt
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