Lantronix LPS1-T User Manual

LPR Printing

TCP/IP Configuration

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The remote cancel model, and

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The remote status model.

LPR is supported in SCO V3.2 release 4 with TCP/IP Version 1.2 and greater. 

To configure a print queue using LPR, issue the mkdev rlp command. This will install the 
Berkeley remote printing files and executable programs. 

You can print to this queue using normal lp syntax once the remote printer is set up. To 
create a remote printer:

Issue the rlpconf command.

Answer the questions that follow.

Figure 4-11:  Configuring Remote Printer 

In the example, the printer name is your MPS service name, and the remote host 
name is the name of your MPS as it is listed in your hosts file. 

Remote Printing Configuration

Enter information for remote printers or local printers accepting remote 

printing requests

Please enter the printer name (q to quit): backupprinter

Is printer backupprinter a remote printer or a local printer? (r/l) r

Please enter the name of the remote host that backupprinter is attached 

to: MPS_xxxxxx

The backupprinter is connected to host MPS_xxxxxx.

Is this correct? (y/n) y

Would you like this to be the sys.default printer? (y/n) y

Make sure your hostname appears in MPS_PRT’s /etc/hosts.equivor or /

etc/hosts:lpd file.

Make sure backupprinter appears in /etc/printcap (in BSD format).

Make sure backupprinter has a spool directory on MPS_PRT.

Putting the printer in printer description file and creating spool direc-

tory... done

Updating LP information... done