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Lines should be indented with tabs. More than one printer name can be
used, with variants separated by vertical bars (name1|name2).

The rm= entry should correspond to the IP address you have assigned to
the PrintSir. You can also use a host name if you have assigned one in
the /etc/hosts file.

The sd= entry should correspond to the spool directory you created in the
previous step.

The rp= entry should correspond to the port name of the remote printer.
The values should be one of lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3 depends on the printer port.

The PrintSir should now be available for printing from your Unix host.

6.6

Print a Test Page

To print to the PrintSir, you can use the lpr command:

lpr -Pprinter-name file ...

or, you can use the lp command on SCO Open Server:

lp –d printer-name file ...

W h e r e p r i n t e r - n a m e i s o n e o f t h e n a m e s f o r t h e p r i n t e r i n

the /etc/printcap file, which you created in the previous step.

Consult your system documentation for more information about

printer configuration and administration and about lpr and other printing
commands.m

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