Sun solaris 2.x configuration – Brother NC8100H User Manual

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CHAPTER 12 UNIX PRINTING

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Sun Solaris 2.x Configuration


Sun Solaris 2.x uses the lpsystem and lpadmin programs for remote printer
configuration:

lpsystem -t bsd prnservername
lpadmin -p queue -s prnservername!prnserverservice
accept queue

(not required on newer Solaris

systems)
enable queue

(not required on newer Solaris

systems)

Where queue is the name of the local print queue.
prnservername

is the name of the Print / Fax server (must match the entry in

the /etc/hosts file or IP address).
prnserverservice

is the Print / Fax server BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1

service.

If this is the first printer configured, you must also use the lpsched command
prior to the accept command.

As an alternative, you may use Printer Manager in the Admintool utility under
OpenWindows. Select Edit, Add, and Add Access to Remote Printer. Then enter
the Print / Fax server name in the format
prnservername!\prnserverservice

as described above. Make sure

that the Printer Server OS is set to BSD (the default setting), and click Add.

Note that we recommend that you use the /etc/hosts file for the printer name
rather than NIS or other name services. Also note that due to a bug in the Sun lpd
implementation on Solaris 2.4 and earlier releases, you may experience problems
printing very long print jobs. If this is the case, a workaround is to use the raw
TCP port software as described later in this chapter.

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