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Ibm rs/6000 aix configuration – Brother NC-2100p User Manual

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CHAPTER 1 UNIX PRINTING

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IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration


The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote
printer. The procedure is as follows for AIX 4.0 and later:

1. Enter smit and select "devices"
2. Select

"Printer/Plotter"

3. Select

"Print

Spooling"

4. Select "Add a Print Queue"
5. Select

"Remote"

6. Enter the following Remote Printer Settings:

Name of queue (user selectable)
Host name of Remote Printer (print server name; must match name in
/etc/hosts file or use the print server IP address)
Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name,
eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1).
Type of print spooler. BSD (press the LIST button and choose BSD)


The procedure for pre-V4.0 systems is as follows.

1. Enter smit and select "devices"
2. Select

"printer/plotter"

3. Select "manage remote printer subsystem"
4. Select "client services"
5. Select "remote printer queues"
6. Select "add a remote queue"
7. Enter the following remote queue settings:
8. Name of queue to add (user selectable)
9. Activate the queue (Yes)
10. Destination host (print server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or

use the print server IP address)

11. Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name,

eg. BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1).

12. Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0)