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

Conﬁguring a Workgroup

Conﬁguring Printers for a Workgroup

Chapter 4436

Adding a Remote Printer to the LP Spooler

To familiarize yourself with remote spooling concepts, see “Remote

Spooling” on page 108.

The easiest way to add a printer to a remote system is to run SAM. If you

elect to use HP-UX commands, review the SAM procedure, Step 4, as this

information will also be required when performing the task manually.

Using SAM

NOTE SAM does not verify that an actual printer exists on a remote system. Be

sure the printer is installed and conﬁgured, and if necessary, use SAM to

conﬁgure it on the remote system before adding it as a remote printer.

Step 1. Invoke SAM, as superuser.

Step 2. Select Printers and Plotters.

Step 3. From the Action pulldown menu, choose Add Remote Printer/Plotter.

Step 4. Provide information for the following data ﬁelds:

• Printer Name

• Remote System Name

• Remote Printer Name

• Whether Remote Printer is on a BSD system

• Remote Cancel Name

• Remote Status Name

• Default Request Priority

• Whether to Allow Anyone to Cancel a Request

• Whether to Make this Printer the Default Destination

Step 5. When all ﬁelds are ﬁlled in, select OK. SAM returns with troubleshooting

information, in case conﬁguration was unsuccessful. Most likely

problems will be related to the remote system conﬁguration. Check as

follows: