ColorSpan Legacy System Control - User Guide

B-2 Unix and VAX Based Computers
Unix and VAX Based
Computers
The ColorSpan print server communicates with Unix systems
using a Line Printer Daemon / Line PRint (LPD/LPR) protocol,
and supports Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). To
work with the server, your Unix system must support LPD/LPR
protocol, but does not require DHCP.
The server will appear to your Unix system as a remote host, and
each TCP/IP input port in the System Control will appear to be a
different printer attached to that remote host. This way, you can
add different input ports for different printers or add multiple
ports for an individual printer, each with different media and
imaging options.
BSD Unix
Perform the following steps to configure the printer:
1. Add TCP/IP input ports to System Control.
From System Control, select Add...Port. See “Adding and
Configuring Ports” on page 1-20 for more details about add-
ing ports to System Control. You can configure up to eight
ports on the print server for TCP/IP communication.
2. Configure each new port.
In the port configuration window, type in a unique port
name. This name will be used in configuring your Unix sys-
tem, so the characters must follow your Unix system’s nam-
ing conventions.
See page 1-32 for more information about configuring the
input port.
3. Acquire superuser privileges.
Configuring a printer requires making changes to contents
of protected files and issuing reserved commands. You must
have superuser privileges (be logged on as ROOT) to do this.
4. Edit the /etc/hosts file.
Add an entry for the server. This name does not have to
match the server name assigned in System Control.
For example: 107.202.65.1 CMPRO. If the TCP/IP system
is running NIS, your network administrator must add the
printer information to the /etc/hosts file on the master
server. See page B-15 for more information about DNS and
NIS systems.