MKNETPR(1M)			Printing Tools			   MKNETPR(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mknetpr - provide access to a remote printer

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     mknetpr [<local printer name>] [<remote host>] [<remote printer name>]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mknetpr provides access on	a local	machine	to a printer that is connected
     to	a networked remote machine. mknetpr can	be run either interactively or
     in	batch mode.

     mknetpr will run interactively if any or all of its command line
     arguments have not	been specified.

     If	run interactively mknetpr will first query the user and	display:

     Spool files:

     1.	To another SGI workstation?

     2.	A printer connected to a non-SGI workstation that
	supports the BSD printing protocols (files will	be
	converted to PostScript	before being sent to a BSD
	print spooler)?

     3.	Directly to a network printer.	A network printer is
	a printer connected to the network with	a network card
	or network adaptor (i.e. an HP JetDirect card)?

     If	1 is selected then mknetpr continues.

     If	2 is selected  mknetpr will invoke mkbsdnetpr(1M) to configure a
     printer client to a remote	system.	 The BSD printing protocols will be
     used to communicate with the remote system.

     If	3 is selected mknetpr will invoke mkjtpr(1M). IMPORTANT:  mkjtpr(1M)
     is	part of	the Impressario(1) product.  You will not see item 3 listed if
     Impressario(1) is not installed on	the system.

     If	all command line arguments are specified, mknetpr will not display the
     above menu	and will assume	that the remote	print server is	an SGI system.

     local printer name	is the name you	wish to	give the printer on your
     machine (see lpadmin (1M)). remote	host is	the name of the	machine	that
     has the printer physically	attached to it.	 Note that this	machine	must
     be	accessible over	the network.  remote printer name is the name of the
     printer on	the remote machine.

     After running this	program, you might consider making this	printer	the
     default printer using lpadmin(1M).	 This command is only usable by	the
     system administrator.




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MKNETPR(1M)			Printing Tools			   MKNETPR(1M)

NOTE    [Toc]    [Back]

     Network printing to a remote system is achieved by	submitting the print
     job to the	local print queue.  The	interface file for the network submits
     the print job to the remote printer using the netprint(1M)	utility.

     If	the remote system is an	SGI it must permit the local machine to	login
     using the id lp.  To permit machines to login as lp, the remote machine's
     lp	account	passwd entry should not	have a password. If a password must be
     used on the lp account, the program addclient(1M) must be run on the
     remote SGI	system to add the local	machine	to its privileged access list.

     If	the remote system uses BSD printing commands, make sure	that you have
     remote access to the system.  Typically, this is done by adding an	entry
     for the local system to the /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd file on
     the remote	system.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/spool/lp/log
     /usr/spool/lp/interface/<local printer name>

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     accept(1M), addclient(1M),	enable(1), lp(1), lpadmin(1M), lpsched(1M),
     lpshut(1M), lpstat(1), mkj
 netprint(1M)
     rmprinter(1M).


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