User`s guide

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Guide to Printers and Printing
Managing and Using Remote Printers and Queues
In order to print to a remote system, you must set up a remote queue on the local system.
This process involves tasks such as naming a queue and a queue device on the local host,
and indicating the name of the remote host and the queue on the remote host to which print
jobs are sent.
You can set up a remote queue with the Web-based System Manager wsm printers fast
path. You can also use the smit mkrque command. For more information, see ”Adding a
Print Queue Device”, on page 2-13 .
Note: The queue on the remote host designated to receive remote print requests must
be an active queue.
To start the remote queue, type wsm printers , then select the name of the queue and
queue device you configured for remote printing. You can also use smit qstart to
perform this task.
Remote Printing and the qconfig File
The qconfig file contains stanzas that define queue devices. For a remote printer, some of
the field values in the device stanza differ from those for a local printer. The following table
lists the fields which have particular significance for remote printers. The table also shows
sample values or default values for these fields.
host
sys2 The name of the remote host (print server) where
jobs will be printed.
rq q2 The name of the remote queue on which jobs will be
printed.
s_statfilter /usr/lpd/aixshort The filter used to translate remote queue status
information into a short form for queue status
requests such as qchk. This is the default value
when the remote print server is another AIX system.
/usr/lpd/bsdshort The filter used to translate BSD lpq command output
(short form) when the remote print server is a BSD
system.
/usr/lpd/attshort The filter used to translate ATT lpstat command
output (short form) when the remote print server is an
ATT system.
/usr/lpd/aixv2short The filter used to translate the AIX 2.2.1 print –q
command output (short form) when the print server is
an RT running AIX 2.2.1.
l_statfilter /usr/lpd/aixlong The filter used to translate remote queue status
information into a long form for queue status requests
such as qchk. This is the default value when the
remote print server is another AIX system.
/usr/lpd/bsdlong The filter used to translate BSD lpq command output
(long form) when the remote print server is a BSD
system.
/usr/lpd/attlong The filter used to translate ATT lpstat command
output (long form) when the remote print server is an
ATT system.
/usr/lpd/aixv2long The filter used to translate the AIX 2.2.1 print –q
command output (long form) when the print server is
an RT running AIX 2.2.1.