Edimax Print Server, User Manual

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6.1 Introduction
The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix
lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The lpd protocol
originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of
Unix and supported under most versions of Unix.
This chapter explains how to configure the print server
for TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files
on your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The
configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for
BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related system
documentation for the correct syntax of your systems.
To configure the print server for lpd printing, perform
the procedures below:
1. Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up Print Server’s IP address.
3. Verify Print Server’s IP Address.
4. Configure remote lpd printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
In the next sections, we will describe these five
procedures step by step.