Lpd on system v – LevelOne FPS-2013TXU User Manual

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Level One Printer Servers

LPD on System V

Before beginning LPD Setup, ensure that an IP Address has been assigned to the LevelOne
Printer Server. Keep the following points in mind:
• The remote host name is the name of the LevelOne Printer Server.
• The remote printer name is the print queue name for the Logical Printer. Logical

printers also need to be configured on the LevelOne Printer Server itself. (See ).

• If your UNIX asks for the LPD type, be sure to identify the service type as BSD. The

LevelOne Printer Server’s LPD protocol meets BSD system standards.

• In the sample commands shown, printer_name is the name of the Print Queue serviced

by the LevelOne Printer Server, and Spooler_directory is the name of the directory
used to spool the print jobs.

Procedure

Action Sample

Command

Stop Print Services

/usr/lib/lpshut

Add a System Printer

/usr/lib/lpadmin -p printer_name -v /dev/null

Restart the Print Services

/usr/lib/lpsched

Enable printing to the new
printer device

enable printer_name

Start accepting jobs for the new
printer device

accept printer_name

Create a spooling directory

mkdir /usr/spool/Spooler_directory

Make spooling daemon the
owner of this directory

chown daemon /usr/spool/Spooler_directory

Create read/write permissions

chmod 775 /usr/spool/Spooler_directory

Give permissions to LPD
processes.

chgrp daemon /usr/spool/Spooler_directory

Add remote printer(s)

See following section.

Adding Remote Printers

A remote printer is added by inserting the following line in the /etc/printcap file.

The entry is really one line, but can be entered as shown.
Use a TAB character where shown.

printer_name|Remote_Printer_Alias:\
[T

AB

] :lp=:\

[T

AB

] :rm=PS_NAME:\

[T

AB

] :rp=Logical_Printer_name:\

[T

AB

] :sd=Spooler_directory:\

[T

AB

] :mx#0:

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