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User’s Manual InterCon-PrintServer

7.10.4 BSD Print Spooler lpd

To install the print server into a BSD print spooler lpd, please follow these steps:

1. Adjust the output filter

2. Create a printer device

3. Create the spool directory

4. Enter the printer into the spooler system

5. Enable and start the printer

1. Adjusting the Output Filter

Copy the

/etc/printserver/bsd.sh

file into the subdirectory

/etc/printserver/

interfaces

and rename this copy with the name of the print server to be installed. Now select the

subdirectory

/etc/print server/interfaces

to edit the file mode of the created file.

# cd /etc/printserver

# cp bsd.sh interfaces/<printername>

# cd interfaces

# chmod 755 <printername>

The output filter of our example is named

/etc/printserver/interfaces/printer

so the

following commands would be entered:

# cd /etc/printserver

# cp bsd.sh interfaces/printer

# cd interfaces

# chmod 755 printer

Some minor changes in the output filter

/etc/printserver/interfaces/<printername>

are necessary. They are described in the appendix. The settings for the variables

HOST

PORTS

FTP

and possibly

HEADER

and

TRAILER

have to be changed.

2. Creating the Printer Device

The print spooler needs information about a printer device. Due to the fact that the print server doesn’t

need a physical device, a link to the null device is given. Please enter the following command:

# ln -f /dev/null /dev/<printername>

In our example, the command would be:

# ln -f /dev/null /dev/printer