Kyocera Ai5555, Instruction Handbook Manual

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5-46 UNIX Printing Through TCP/IP
UNIX Printing Through TCP/IP
Installing
TCP/IP
If Not Running lpd
Installing and Printing on AIX RISC System/6000
The AIX printing subsystem is driven by the qdaemon program.
The qdaemon uses configuration information stored in the
/usr/lpd/
qconfig
file to manage queues and route jobs to the proper devices. This
information includes entries for each virtual printer and physical device
known to the system.
An AIX virtual printer is simply a high level software view of a data stream,
queue, and device that controls how a given job will be processed. A
different virtual printer should be defined for each data stream that a real
printer supports. For example, you would use different virtual printers for
PostScript and PCL jobs even though they are destined for the same
physical printer.
Configuring a NC-2 Print Server printer on an AIX system approximates
configuration of a local printer as closely as possible. The only difference is
that the physical device associated with your NC-2 Print Server printer must
be a named pipe used by the print daemon to route data to the NC-2 Print
Server.
The following procedure shows the most straightforward way to add a
printer to your system:
1. Run the Install script by typing: nicinst.
The script automatically downloads the correct Print Server utilities for
your particular system and prompts you for information as needed.
2. What is the node name of the Print Server unit?
Type the node name entered in
/etc/hosts
, for example,
type: printfast, then press Enter.
3. What is the printer name?
Type: the desired printer name, then press Enter.