System information

Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0
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5. Depending on the printer characteristics, the printer may have more than one tray. Load
forms for all available trays.
6. Press Esc until you to return to the System menu.
To add the IP address of the printer to the /etc/hosts file:
1. Display the AIX system prompt (#) in one of the following ways:
• Log out of Eclipse and log in to AIX-Unix as root.
The system displays the Welcome to AIX login banner.
• From the System menu, select TCL to shell out to the system prompt (#).
Note: Skip the following steps when setting up printers on port 2, 3, or 4 of any
print server device.
2. At the system prompt (#), type smit hosts and press Enter to display the Hosts Table.
3. Check that you are not installing a device with a duplicate IP address, as follows:
• Select List All Hosts and press Enter to display the IP numbers of the hosts.
• Press F3 to return to the previous menu.
4. Add the printer, as follows:
• Select Add a Host and press Enter to display the Add a Host Name screen.
• In the Internet Address field, enter the IP address for the network printer.
An IP address is a group of four numbers separated by periods, with each number
being from 1 to 254. For example, 199.90.150.101.
• In the Host Name field, enter lp# (where # is the number of the printer).
• Leave the Alias field blank.
• In the Comment field, enter lp# (where # is the number of the printer) or the name of
printer.
• Press Enter to submit your changes and return to the previous menu.
5. Confirm that the printer was added, as follows:
• Select List All Hosts and press Enter.
• Press 0 while holding down the Esc key (Esc+0) to return to the system prompt.
To create a print queue:
1. At the system prompt (#), type smit queue and press Enter to display the Print Spooling
screen.
2. Select Add a Print Queue and press Enter to display the Add a Print Queue screen.
3. Select remote and press Enter to display the Add a Remote Print Queue screen.