Panasonic KX-P8420 Operating Guide

The lpr protocol is a printer spooling system. It is a set of programs that 
accepts printing requests from many users on a network, routes them to the 
proper print server (in this case, the KX-P8420), and accepts requests to 
display a queue’s status or to remove jobs from a queue.

The lpr system is included in the standard installation of Berkeley-based 
UNIX systems, SunOS 4, and Solaris.

Use the examples that follow as a guide in helping you set up your network 
for printing to the printer.

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In these examples, 

KX-P8420

 is used as the printer name (the IP host 

name), and 

KX-P8420q

 is used to indicate the 

KX-P8420

 Print queue.

Since the printer supports only one TCP/IP (

lpr

) connection at a time, you 

can use the same name for the hostname and the queuename. However, 
the examples indicate where you should make a distinction if you want to 
use different names.

Log in to your UNIX host as the root user.

Edit your /etc/hosts file to include the printer as a 
network device.

The following is a sample entry for the printer:

192.9.228.1<TAB>KX-P8420<TAB>#comments 

where <

TAB

> indicates that you press the tab key.

The IP address is followed by the official host name, and these are 
followed by aliases, if any. Type the entry exactly as shown, without 
a space before the IP address. 

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For sites that use DNS (Domain Name System) or that use NIS or 
NIS+, consult the documentation or the network administrator for 
instructions on publishing the printer entry.

Save and exit the hosts file.

Confirm the connection using the ping command.