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6.5 Configure Remote LPD Printing on the

Host

The procedure you use to configure your Unix host(s) to

allow printing to your network remote print server varies

between different varieties of Unix. The procedure below

can be used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix,

such as SunOS or Linux. For other versions of Unix,

consult your system documentation, keeping in mind that:

1. The print server should be treated as a BSD networked

print server host.

2. The host name should be the name (or IP address) that

you have assigned to the print server.

3. The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host

should be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the printer port on

the print server.

You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the

superuser (root). To configure your Unix host for printing,

1. Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print

server’s IP address. You can add this address to the

/etc/hosts file, by adding a line such as:

203.66.191.186

pserver

2. Create a spool directory for the printer in the same

directory where spool directories are normally kept on the

machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd:

mkdir /var/spool/lpd/pserverd

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