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5-7 UNIX server print queues

TO SET UP COLORWRITER PRINTING ON A UNIX SYSTEM RUNNING DIGITAL

UNIX OR OTHER BSD-BASED VARIANT:

1. On a workstation that will print to the Colorwriter, log in to your UNIX host as the

root user.

2. Create an entry for the Colorwriter in your

/etc/printcap ﬁle.

The following is a sample printcap entry for the Colorwriter. Note that the

remote host name you enter in the rm line must exactly match the name you

entered in the /etc/hosts ﬁle.

NOTE: The name used in the rp line for conﬁguring the Colorwriter (xjprint) is an

internal name that the Colorwriter requests. It must be xjprint; it is not a user-

selectable name. This is the only place where it is entered.

colorwriterq:\

:lp=:\

:rm=colorwriter:\

:rp=xjprint:\

:lf=/var/spool/lpd/colorwriterq/log:\

:sd=/var/spool/lpd/colorwriterq:\

:mx#0:sf

:sb

The spool directory colorwriterq is speciﬁed here, and the directory itself is created

in Step 3. Similarly, the log ﬁle is speciﬁed here and created in Step 4. The spool

directory is write-protected (from everyone but a daemon user and daemon

group); users cannot modify or remove ﬁles other than their own.

NOTE: When setting up an lpr queue to the Colorwriter, the system name for the

remote printer—xjprint—must be speciﬁed in lowercase letters.

3. Create a spool directory for the Colorwriter in the /var/spool directory.

For example, enter the following:

mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/colorwriterq

chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/colorwriterq

4. Create the log ﬁles.

For example, enter the following:

cp /dev/null /var/spool/lpd/colorwriterq/log

5. Reboot the machine.