Other systems, Other sources of information – Brother HL-1870N User Manual
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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING
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Other Systems
Other systems use similar programs to set up print servers. These programs will
generally ask for the following information:
Requested information:
You should use:
remote printer
Binary or Text service name
remote host computer name
Any name (must match the name in the
printcap file, if any) or in some cases,
you may enter the print server IP
address here
remote host IP address
IP address of print server.
Technical support specialists for these companies can usually answer
configuration questions if you provide them with the equivalent UNIX
configuration information (tell them that the print server looks like a remote
UNIX host computer running the lpd line printer daemon).
If you have not created a spool directory for the Brother print server on your
UNIX host computer, you will need to do so now (the printer setup utilities in
HP/UX, AIX, Solaris 2.xx, and other systems will automatically create the spool
directory). The lpd spool directory is usually located in the /usr/spool directory
(check with your system manager to see if the location is different for your
system). To create a new spool directory, use the mkdir command. For example,
to create a spool directory for the queue laser1, you would enter:
mkdir /usr/spool/lpd/laser1
On some systems it is also necessary to start the daemon. This is done on
Berkeley-compatible UNIX systems with the lpc start command as shown in the
following example:
lpc start laser1
Other Sources of Information
1. Visi
ore information on network
printing.
2. Refer
of this user guide to learn how to configure the IP
address of the printer.