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LPR UNIX Host Setup
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10.2.2 LPR on AIX Hosts
LPR is available on machines running IBM’s AIX operating system versions 3.2 and higher. Print
queues on AIX hosts can be configured using either UNIX commands or the System Management
Interface Tool (SMIT) application.
10.2.2.1 Using UNIX Commands
Using LPR on AIX hosts involves a slightly different configuration procedure. The queue configu-
ration file is /etc/qconfig and the format of the entry is different, as shown in the example below.
Note the lack of colons (:) and the required white space.
Figure 10-7: Example AIX qconfig entry
The device name is simply the queue name with a “d” added. To print, normal lp syntax is used.
Figure 10-8: Printing to a Queue
10.2.2.2 Using SMIT
The System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) allows you to enable LPD printing and create print
queues. The following steps are needed.
1. At the host prompt, type
SMIT
.
2. From the main window in the application, choose Print Spooling.
3. Choose Manage Print Server and Start the Print Server Subsystem (lpd daemon).
4. In the Start the Print Server Subsystem dialog box, type
BOTH
in the first field.
Click OK.
The message ‘The lpd subsystem has been started’ will appear in the Output
section of the next window. Click Done.
RP_PRT:
device = RP_PRTd
up = TRUE
host = MPS_xxxxxx
s_statfilter = /usr/lpd/bsdshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lpd/bsdlong
rq = MPS_xxxxxx_S1
RP_PRTd:
backend = /usr/lpd/rembak
% lp -dRP_PRT
filename