NEC Super Script 4400, Maintenance Manual

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86 SuperScript 4400 — Maintenance Guide
Adding a SuperScript 4400N to SCO
Log into your system as root. Add the printer’s IP address you already assigned into the /etc/hosts file. Using
lpsystem
: follow these steps to open a terminal and enter the printer’s IP address from the command line.
1. Set up the SuperScript 4400 printer with the NIC as a remote printer on a host that sends jobs to a Print Server
using lpd. Use the following procedures to do this:
At the prompt, type:
mkdev rlp
note:
You cannot run
mkdev rlp twice. If you have additional printers to be configured, use the rlpconf
command.
2. You will now be asked a series of questions. Respond as follows. Do you want to install or remove a remote
printer? Type:
I
3. Do you want to change printer description file
/etc/printcap?
Type:
Y
4. Write a printer name. For example,
type:
lprprinter1
5. Is lprprinter1 a remote printer or a local printer? Type:
R
6. Enter remote host name: type host name entered in printcap for the NIC. For example, type:
lprprinter
7. Confirm the information you have entered. Type:
Y
8. Confirm the preceding connection as your system default. Type:
Y
9. Enter another printer name or quit setup. Type:
Q
10. Do you want to start the remote daemon now? Type:
Y
11. Using a line editor of your choice, verify the following on your
/etc/printcap
file.
lprprinter1:\
:lp=:\
:rm=lprprinter:\
:rp=PORT1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lprprinter1:
12. Change the
:rp=lprprinter:
entry to
:rp=PORT1.
13. Set this printer as the default printer and print a page, for example, from a browser, to verify that the
installation was successful.
note:
This information was based on the sample input in the earlier steps. Actual parameters may vary
depending on prior setup.