UNIX Configuration
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Note
❒ The /etc/printcap file is used to register the name and attributes of a print-
er. You must make an entry for the network printer in the /etc/printcap
file of all workstations using the network printer.
❒ You must make an entry for each printer option when using the same
printer.
❒ Each entry is separated with colons into several fields. The syntax is to be-
gin each entry with a colon, followed by the entry, and then end with a co-
lon, a back slash, and then a return.
❒ The first line of the field is the name of the printer. You use this name when
logging on to a network printer from a workstation. You can define several
different names by separating each name with the “|” character.
❒ The second and following lines contain the printer's attributes. Attributes
are represented by two-character names referred to as capabilities. For de-
tails about capabilities, see the following table:
Capability Explanation Value required for the network
printer.
rm Host name of the printer. The host name that was registered
with the /etc/hosts file.
rp Optional specification.
“lp” will be assigned, if the option
is not used.
Select options for printing. For de-
tails about available options, see
p.19 “Specifying the Device Op-
tion”.
sd Path name of the spool directory. Path name of the spool directory
that is to be created.
lf Path name of the log file. Path name of the log file.
For example /var/log/lpd-errs.
mx Maximum file size which the di-
rectory can copy. When set to 0, the
size is unlimited. If nothing is en-
tered, the size is set to 1024 k.
None, or something suitable.
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