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7.2 How to install the Print Server to UNIX Networks
First of all, the print server must be installed as a TCP/IP host. The description of this installation step
can be found in section 7.3 Installation as a TCP/IP Host. Please refer to this section and follow these
steps:
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enter the print server into the
etc/hosts
file
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enter the print server into the ARP table (or install a boot protocol)
Integrating the print server to the spooler system of your UNIX system depends on the chosen
installation:
Installation as a remote printer:
This integration uses the Line Printer Daemon Protocol (LPD). The printer has to be registered into the
UNIX spooler system. Please refer to details in section 7.7 Installation As a Remote Printer (LPD).
Installation as a network printer:
Some UNIX systems support an integration of network printers via a direct TCP connection. The print
server offers TCP ports with configurable port numbers for a direct data transfer to each single printer
port.
This installation depends on your UNIX system. Installation notes can be found in section 7.8 Instal-
lation As a Network Printer (TCP).
Installation as a local printer:
You install a local printer (from the view of the UNIX spooler). The printer interfaces transfer the print
job data via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to the print server.
In order to enable this, the printer interfaces (shellscripts) have to be adapted to your system. Finally,
the printer has to be integrated into the UNIX spooler system.
Section 7.8 Installation As a Local Printer describes the process.
You might also use the possibility to send data via FTP directly to the print server, bypassing the
UNIX spooler system in the process. For details please refer to section 7.6 Printing without the UNIX
Spooler System
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In the following description of a print server in UNIX networks, the print server (in
connection with a printer) will be referred to as a network printer or print server host
(and FTP server).