Edimax Technology PS-1206P - Manual (Page 43)

1. Optiona lly, assig n a name correspo nding to t he pri nt
server
’ s IP address. Yo u ca n add t his address to t he
/etc/ hosts file , b y adding a line s uc h as:
203.66.191.186 pserver
2. Create a spool director y for t he p rinte r i n t he same
directory where spool directories are nor mally kept o n t he
machi ne, s uc h as / va r/spool or / var /spool/ lpd:
mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chgrp daemon /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
chmod 775 /var/spool/lpd/pserverd
3. Add a n e ntr y to t he host ’ s /e tc/pri ntcap file, similar to
the fo llo wing:
printer-name:\
:lp=:\
:rm=203.66.191. 186:\
:rp=lpt1:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/pserverd.log:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/p serverd:\
:mx#0:
Lines s hould be inde nted wit h tabs. More t han o ne pri nter
name ca n be used, wit h va riants separated by ver tical bars
(name1 |na me2).
The r m= e ntr y s ho uld cor respond to t he IP address yo u
ha ve assigned to t he pri nt ser ver . You ca n a lso use a hos t
name if yo u ha ve assig ned o ne in t he /etc / hosts file.
The sd= e ntr y s hould co rrespond to t he spoo l director y yo u
created in t he p re vious s tep.
The rp = e nt r y s ho uld correspo nd to t he port name of t he
remote pri nte r. The values s ho uld be o ne o f lpt1, lp t2 or
lpt3 depe nds o n t he pri nter port .
The pri nt ser ver s ho uld now be a vailable for pri nting f rom
yo ur Uni x host .
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