User Guide

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HP/UX Configuration
In the case of HP/UX, the sam program is used to set up the remote printer. The steps are as
follows:
- Enter sam and select "Peripheral Devices" and then "Add Remote Printer" (not
"Networked printer")
- Enter the following remote printer settings (the other settings do not matter):
- Line printer name (user-selectable)
- Remote system name (the print server name; must match what is in hosts file or use print
server IP address)
- Remote printer queue (Printserver binary or text service name, e.g. BINARY_P1 or
TEXT_P1_ TX)
- Remote Printer is on a BSD System (Yes)
IBM RS/6000 AIX Configuration
The RS/6000 AIX operating system uses the smit program to set up the remote printer. The
procedure is as follows:
-Enter smit and select "devices"
- Select "printer/plotter"
- Select "manage remote printer subsystem"
- Select "client services"
- Select "remote printer queues"
- Select "add a remote queue"
- Enter the following remote queue settings:
- Name of queue to add (user selectable)
- Activate the queue (Yes)
- Destination host (print server name; must match name in /etc/hosts file or use the
print server IP address)
- Name of queue on remote printer (print server binary or text service name, eg.
BINARY_P1 or TEXT_P1_ TX)
- Name of device to add (user selectable; for example lp0)