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6. UniX SyStem netWork
6.1 Introduction
The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix lPd (line Printer daemon)
protocol. The lPd protocol, which originated with the Unix release, is based on the
BSd version of Unix and is 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. Refer to the related system documentation for the correct syntax of
your systems.
The five steps below, which are detailed in the following sections, show how to
configure the print server for LPD printing.
1. enable the print server’s TCP/IP support.
2. Set up the print server’s IP address.
3. Verify the print server’s IP address.
4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
6.2 enable the Print server’s tcP/IP support
The default configuration of the print server is set with TCP/IP support enabled.
You can configure the print server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration
program.
6.3 set up the Print server’s IP address
The print server must have a unique IP address in order to be recognized by the
network. You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems using either:
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) or
• BooTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
6.3.1 dHcP
There are many Unix systems that support the dHCP protocol, and the procedures
to configure the DHCP server database are different. This manual does not
describe the DHCP server configuration on the Unix systems. It is highly
recommended that the dHCP server should be located on the same network as
the print server.
6.3.2 bootP
If you have the BooTP daemon, bootpd, running on your UNIX system that is
accessible by the print server, you can use the BooTP protocol to set up the IP
address of the print server. It’s recommended that the BooTP server should be
located on the same subnet as the print server. If you use Network Information
Services (NIS) in your system, you may need to rebuild the NIS map with the
BOOTP services before doing the following BOOTP configuration. To rebuild the
NIS map, refer to your system documentation.
To configure the IP address data for the BOOTP server, you will need to log in the
host of the BooTP server as the superuser (root). Perform the following steps to
add address entries.
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