User`s guide

QMS LPD (Line
Printer
Daemon)
QMS CrownNet System Administrator's Guide7-24
QMS LPD (Line Printer
Daemon)
The QMS LPD (Line Printer Daemon) allows your printer to appear as
a remote UNIX print system to all supported BSD LPD-capable sys-
tems. The Berkeley remote print system is supported by many hosts
and is easy to configure. It must be RFC 1179 compliant.
» Note:
The QMS LPD does not support any of the optional command
line parameters used by lp or lpr.
Configuring the Host to Use the QMS LPD
Before you can use the QMS LPD to provide print job spooling, you
must make the following configuration changes on the host:
n Modify the TCP/IP host table in the host’s /etc/hosts file.
n Modify the printer’s entry in the host’s /etc/printcap file.
» Note:
Some systems do not use /etc/printcap for configuration. See
your UNIX system documentation for the equivalent commands.
Modifying the TCP/IP Host Table
The TCP/IP host table on the BSD system is normally found in the
/etc/hosts file. You must modify this table to associate the printer’s
Internet address with its TCP/IP network node name.
» Note:
The printer’s Internet address is set in the
Administration/Communications/xxxxxxxx NIC
/CrownNet/TCPIP/Internet Address menu (where xxxxxxxx is either
Resident or Optional). (See chapter 2, “Printer Configuration,” for
more information.)
For example, if the printer’s Internet address is 192.009.200.140 and
its TCP/IP network node name is “qms,” you would add the following
line to the /etc/hosts file:
192.9.200.140 qms