Hi,
I have a DEClaser 3500 hanging off of my AlphaServer 4100. The current
configuration is that the printer is parallel hanging off of a Xylogics
Annex terminal server. We do not appear to be running LAT (at least ps
doesn't show anything of the sort).
We just received a NIC card for this printer, and I wish to install it,
however the documentation I have seen thus far seems confusing and
contradictory. As best as I can tell, I install the NIC card, fire up the
printer then do some mysterious and obfusticated configuration ritual. I
have skimmed the sysadmin guide, the man page for lprsetup and the docs for
the NIC card.
Right now, the printer is set up as lp3 hanging off of the terminal server,
and I would like to keep the same configuration and name for it after I
install the NIC card. The lpconfig man page tells me
If lp is set to another device, for example /dev/lp0 the lprsetup program
assumes that you are setting up a printer with a parallel port, for example,
lg02. It does not prompt you for device type information, and serial port
specific entries are not put into the /etc/printcap entry.
Am I just scaring myself? Can anyone give me a straightforward printer
configuration which will allow me to keep all of the same defaults while
being able to get the printer up on the NIC card?
Any help will be gratefully received.
Thanks,
--Brad
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Bradley M. Alexander |
Computer Sciences Corp.
JCALS System Administrator |
Building 2032
alexanderb_at_quantico.usmc.mil | Quantico,
VA 22134
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Q. How many Borg does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A. All of them.
Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 19:09:18 NZST