Hawking Technology HWPS1UG Manuel D’Utilisation

You can use this procedure to configure your Unix host(s) to 
allow printing to your network.  The procedure below can be 

used for Unix variants that are related to BSD Unix, like 

SunOS or Linux.  For other versions of Unix, consult your 

system documentation, keeping in mind that: 

1.  The print server should be treated as a BSD networked print 

server host.  

2.  The host name should be the name (or IP address) that you 

have assigned to the print server.  

3.  The printer name (or queue name) on the remote host should 

be lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3, the name of the parallel port on the print 

server.  

You will need to perform the tasks below, logged in as the 
superuser (root).  To configure your Unix host for printing,  

1.  Optionally, assign a name corresponding to the print 

server’s IP address.  You can add this address to the /etc/hosts 

file, by adding the following line: 

2.  Create a spool directory for the printer in the same 

directory where spool directories are normally kept on the 
machine, such as /var/spool or /var/spool/lpd: