Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a Workgroup

Conﬁguring Printers for a Workgroup

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Conﬁguring Printers for a Workgroup

This section deals with conﬁguring printers according to two methods:

the traditional UNIX LP spooler and the HP Distributed Print Server

(HPDPS).

• “Conﬁguring Printers to Use the LP Spooler” on page 433

• “Conﬁguring Printers to Use HPDPS” on page 444

For conceptual information about print-management topics, see

“Planning your Printer Conﬁguration” on page 105.

For procedures on maintaining your printer environment, see “Managing

Printers” on page 702.

Conﬁguring Printers to Use the LP Spooler

This section provides information on performing the following

procedures:

• “Initializing the LP Spooler” on page 434

• “Adding a Local Printer to the LP Spooler” on page 434

• “Adding a Remote Printer to the LP Spooler” on page 436

• “Adding a Network-Based Printer” on page 439

• “Creating a Printer Class” on page 439

• “Removing a Printer from the LP Spooler” on page 440

• “Removing a Printer from a Printer Class” on page 442

• “Removing a Printer Class” on page 443