HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

2. Select Tools, Printer Management, Configure Printers or Plotters. This will
display a Tool Launch page.
NOTE: If your client console is a PC, you must have an X Window Server running
before executing this function.
3. If needed, enter the address of the target display console. Click on the Run button.
An X Window is displayed showing the printer configuration page.
4. From the Action pulldown menu, choose AddRemotePrinter/Plotter ....
5. Depending on the type of printer or plotter provide detailed configuration
information such as:
• 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
6. When all fields are filled in, select OK. HP SMH returns with troubleshooting
information, in case configuration was unsuccessful. Most likely problems will be
related to the remote system configuration. Check as follows:
a. Edit /etc/services (on remote system), and if necessary, uncomment the
line beginning with printer by removing the#.
b. Ensure no systems are restricted from access by /var/adm/inetd.sec.
c. Make sure rlpdaemon is running.
Using HP-UX Commands
1. Ensure that you have superuser capabilities.
2. Stop the LP spooler:
/usr/sbin/lpshut
For more information, see “Stopping and Restarting the LP Spooler ” (page 163).
3. Add the remote printer.
• If the remote printer is on an HP-UX system, enter:
lpadmin -plocal_printer-v /dev/null -mrmodel \
-ormremote_machine-orpremote_dest-ocmrcmodel \
-osmrsmodel
• If the remote printer is not on an HP-UX system, enter:
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