Configuring Advanced Server for UNIX
Configuring printers on the UNIX system
Product Manual
U7613-J-Z815-6-76
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You do not need to specify the supervisor with -su. In this case, spool will use the default
supervisor.
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The printer is activated automatically as soon as the system starts up by means of the
option -
aa
.
Ê
Specify the local host name for a local spooler; in the case of a spooler, which is acces-
sible over the network, specify the host name of the remote system in the network.
In order to prevent problems occurring with the net commands under MS-DOS, the
printer and printer class names must consist of a maximum of eight characters. Use
lowercase and/or the characters -, _ !
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Activate the printer
asxp_hpl
with:
xpchange -dev asxp_hpl -st ACTIVE -si ON -so ON
Checking the printer
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Print the
/etc/hosts
file, for example, on the
asxp_hpl
printer using:
xpadd -de asxp_hpl -dr /etc/hosts
Advanced Server for UNIX always spools in the print data which comes from the PCs trans-
parently (default). This spool-in procedure is comparable to the
xpadd -job -dr <
file
> -de
<
printer group
> -fc 1 -rw
command.
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If print data is not printing out as required, check whether the same file that has been
prepared for printing can be printed to the required printer group from UNIX using the
xpadd
command.
For information on how other parameters can be set, please refer to the section
“Changing
parameters for a printer queue“
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Setting up the printer group
In order to share the printer with the Advanced Server for UNIX server as a printer queue,
you can set up a printer group:
In order to prevent problems occurring with the net commands under MS-DOS, a
printer group name must consist of a maximum of eight characters. Use lowercase
and/or the characters -, _ !
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Set up the printer group
group_1
for example with the
asxp_hpl
printer:
xpadd -dgr group_1 -dl asxp_hpl
You can include several printers with the same printer driver (e.g. HP Laserjet) to form a
single printer group. A print job, which is sent to this group, is processed by the first free
printer in this group. For further information, please consult the manual
“SPOOL V4.2”
–
“User and Administrator Guide”
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