lprsetup - printer set up program
/usr/sbin/lprsetup
The lprsetup command provides an interactive facility for
administrating the printers on your system. This utility
is the command-line equivalent of printconfig, which is a
graphical user interface available in X-windows or the
Common Desktop Environment (CDE). See the printconfig(8)
reference page for information on invoking the graphical
user interface. Note that when you invoke printconfig
from the command line, you have options to run the interface
in different formats. Printer configuration can also
be performed from the SysMan Menu and SysMan Station
interfaces.
The lprsetup program prompts you for the following information
that is used to set up the printer for the Tru64
UNIX system: The name of the printer The printer type
(recognized printer types are listed) The device pathname
[lp] Printer synonyms (optional) The file to capture print
job accounting data [af] (optional) The spooler directory
[sd] The printer error log file [lf] The printer connection
type [ct] The printer baud rate Other printcap symbols
and their associated values that you want to change
Comments (optional)
The lprsetup program contains online help and default
answers to questions about adding, deleting, or changing
the characteristics of any of the line printers on your
system. Whenever a question is asked, the default selection
is given in brackets [ ]. You can press Enter in
response to the question to accept the default, or enter
an alternate value for the given parameter.
You can obtain help information at any prompt by entering
a question mark (?). After the help information is displayed,
you are prompted again.
The lprsetup program uses the printer definition files
(*.lpd) in the /usr/lbin/lprsetup directory to determine
the list of supported printers. See lprsetup.dat(4) more
information.
The program knows about all the possible symbols in the
/etc/printcap file. See printcap(4) for a current list.
After you have entered a printer specification, and have
verified that it is correct, lprsetup then creates the
spooling directory, links the output filter, and creates
an /etc/printcap entry for the new printer.
If the printer is connected to your system, you must specify
the printer device name which is in the lp printcap
entry.
If lp is set to /dev/ttynn, choose the default setting dev
when you see the following prompt:
printer connection type 'ct'
If you choose dev, you are prompted for the baud rate, br.
The default is the recommended baud rate for the selected
printer.
If lp is set to a parallel device, for example /dev/lp0
the lprsetup program assumes that you are setting up a
printer with a parallel port, for example, Digital_LG02.
It does not prompt you for device type information, and
serial port specific entries are not put into the
/etc/printcap entry.
If the printer is remote, that is, if it is connected to a
remote machine, you must set the line printer device to
NULL (lp=:) and provide the following information items:
Printer synonyms Name of the remote machine Name of the
remote printer Spooling directory on the local machine
If the printer is connected to a LAT, you must specify LAT
when prompted for the printer connection type. It is
important to enter LAT in all uppercase letters. (The
connection will not be made if you enter lat for the
printer connection type.) After you specify LAT, the system
prompts you for the baud rate (br). The default is
the recommended baud rate for the selected printer.
If the printer is connected by way of TCP/IP, you will
need to specify the network address and port number for
the device pathname. For example, if the printer has the
IP address of alfie.nic.ccc.com (or numerically
123.321.123.321) and uses port 9100, the device pathname
would be @alfie.nic.ccc.com/9100 or, alternately,
@123.321.123.321/9100.
Configuring Advanced Printing Software [Toc] [Back]
When lprsetup is used under Advanced Printing Software,
you must configure an inbound gateway defining the rm and
rp print symbols in the /etc/printcap file.
To use this option: After configuring the general print
characteristics, you will be prompted to Enter the printcap
symbol you wish to modify... Enter rm and then enter
a new vaue of @dpa. Confirm the new value. Enter rp and
provide a print queue name, such as "printer1".
Configuring Printing on Clusters [Toc] [Back]
All printers are shared in a cluster in that all print
queues are visible and, thus, available for job submissions
from all cluster members.
When lprsetup is invoked on a cluster, the value of the on
print symbol depends on the connection type: Set the on
value to the name of the cluster member to which the
printer is connected. Set the on value to the name of the
cluster member on whose LAT the printer is connected. Set
the on value to localhost so that any cluster member can
run a print queue.
Alternatively, you can set the on value to a list
of specified cluster members so that only these
cluster members may run their own print queues: The
first cluster member in the list runs the print
queue; if it goes down, the next cluster member
runs the print queue, and so on. You can use this
method to balance the print queues among the
cluster members or to isolate cluster members from
this activity.
Refer to the printcap(4) reference page and Cluster Administration
guide for more information.
Commands: latcp(8), MAKEDEV(8), printconfig(8), sysman(8),
sysman_intro(8), sysman_station(8)
Files: printcap(4), lprsetup.dat(4)
Network Administration: Connections
System Administration
Cluster Administration
Advanced Printing Software documentation
lprsetup(8)
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