Xerox 740 User Guide

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Add the printer’s name to the host table and assign an IP address to the printer’s 
name.  Depending on your host system, you may do this one of three ways:

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Use NIS (Name Information Server, formerly Yellow Pages).

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Use DNS (Domain Name Server).

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Edit a file (for example, /etc/hosts).  For an example, see “Example 
installation for a typical BSD UNIX system” on page 85.

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For BSD systems, edit the /etc/printcap file and add a spool directory (for 
example, to /usr/spool/lpd).  

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For System V hosts, configure the queue as a remote BSD print queue 
(support for TCP/IP LPR is required).  Specific instructions for the 
following System V hosts are provided in this manual:

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Some UNIX hosts report an error when you configure a print queue that is not 
currently on the network; ignore this message.