Panasonic KX-PS8100 - Manual (Page 75)

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Connecting the Printer to a Network
■ Setting up NIS server
If the site is using NIS (Network Information Services), a superuser must
add the printer name and IP address to the system’s database of network
printers.
1 Add the KX-PS8100 to the network’s IP host table.
This step must be performed on the master NIS (server) machine.
After adding the printer entry, the updated database must be
released to network users.
2 For the printer name, specify the print server protocol,
the print connection (queue), and the spool file.
3 Activate the printer connection.
Depending on your system, you may restart the printer daemon or
tell the printer to accept print requests.
■ Print queues
Print spooling is the process of sending print jobs to a defined location on a
hard disk, in this case the Print or Hold queues. Printers without a hard disk
drive can only receive print jobs over the Direct connection. Jobs sent to the
Direct connection are transferred from the computer to the printer’s
SDRAM.
NOTE:
• If the printer has a hard disk drive and 32 MB of memory installed, Direct,
Print, and Hold print connections are automatically available. If the printer
does not have a hard disk drive, only the Direct connection is available.
The lpr protocol is a printer spooling system. It is a set of programs that
accepts printing requests from many users on a network, routes them to the
proper print server (in this case, the KX-PS8100), and accepts requests to
display a queue’s status or to remove jobs from a queue.
The lpr system is included in the standard installation of Berkeley-based
UNIX systems, SunOS 4, and Solaris.
Use the examples that follow as a guide in helping you set up your network
for printing to the printer.
NOTE:
• In these examples, KX-PS8100 is used as the printer name (the IP
hostname), and KX-PS8100q is used to indicate the KX-PS8100 Print
queue.
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UNIX server
print queues