Advanced Server Overview and Installation

Introduction to Advanced Server for UNIX Shared resources

Product Manual U7613-J-Z815-6-76

2.2.5.2 Shared client printer

It is also possible to route the output of the printer spooler to a printer which is connected

to a client (shared client printer). For further information, please refer to the manuals entitled

“MS Network Client V2.2” and “User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients”.

2.2.5.3 Printer server

The output of the printer spooler can also be routed to server and client systems that can

share a printer resource (e.g. Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT).

2.2.5.4 Sharing a printer

The administrator shares the printer queue on the server (with the computername server1).

For example, you can enable a printer group or class with the sharename sp1 using the

net share sp1 /print command.

For example, the user of the client with the computername cl3 links to a shared printer. To

do this, he/she assigns the network name \\server1\sp1 with lpt1 using the command (in the

MS-DOS naming conventions) net use lpt1: \\server1\sp1. The user can now work on lpt1: for

all print jobs as he/she would on a local printer.

● For Windows NT-Style Printing the sharing of a printer with UNIX commands is

no longer recommended.

For further information, please consult the manual entitled “Concepts and Planning”.

2.2.6 Interprocess communication resource, IPC$

Advanced Server for UNIX can be used to implement distributed applications: Application

processes on the server system exchange data over the network with application

processes on clients. The resource IPC$ enables this communication using LM named

pipes and mailslots.

Special functions also allow the administration of Advanced Server for UNIX using

programs. For additional information please refer to the manual “API Reference” and in the

manual pages for the API, which are supplied with Advanced Server for UNIX. The

following sections contain further information on interprocess communication.

The IPC$ resource is automatically shared.