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AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Communications and Networks
Printing Files
This section provides the following information:
Printing to a Remote System
If you have a local printer attached to your host, then this section refers to printing to a remote printer. If you have no local printer, then this section refers to printing to a nondefault remote printer. You can either use the enq command or the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) to complete this task.
Note: This section explains how to print to a remote host at the simplest level possible. For more information and ideas about remote printing, please read about the enq command.
Prerequisites
- Your host name must appear in the /etc/hosts.lpd file of the remote host.
Note: The queuing system does not support multibyte host names.
To implement changes to the /etc/hosts.lpd file without restarting the system, use the System Resource Controller (SRC) refresh command.
- You must be able to determine the queue name and the remote printer name in your local /usr/lib/lpd/qconfig file.
To Enqueue a Job Using the enq Command
- Find the appropriate queue name and remote device name. The queue name will usually begin with the letters rp
followed by a numeral or set of numerals. The remote printer name will usually begin with the letters drp
followed by a numeral or set of numerals.
- Enter the following command:
enq -P QueueName:DeviceName FileName
QueueName is the name of the queue (such as rp1
), and PrinterName is the name of the printer (such as drp1
) as found in the /usr/lib/lpd/qconfig file. Do not omit the : (colon) between the QueueName and the PrinterName. FileName is the name of the file that you wish to print.
To Enqueue a Job Using the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
- Enter the following command:
smit
- Select the Spooler, and start a print job menu.
- Select the File to Print option, and enter the name of the file you wish to print.
- Select the Print Queue option, and select the name of the remote printer to which you wish to print. You are now ready to print to a remote printer.
Printing from a Remote System
Occasionally, you may need to print a file located on a remote host. The location of the printout depends upon what remote printers are available to the remote host.
Note: This section explains how to print to a remote host at the simplest level possible. For more information and ideas about remote printing, please read about the enq command.
Prerequisites
- You must be able to log in to the remote system using the rlogin or telnet command.
- You must have read permission for the remote file that you wish to print on your local printer.
To Print from a Remote System
- Log in to the remote system using the rlogin or telnet command.
- Find the appropriate queue name and remote device name. The queue name will usually begin with the letters rp
followed by a numeral or set of numerals. The remote printer name will usually begin with the letters drp
followed by a numeral or set of numerals.
- Enter the following command:
enq -P QueueName:DeviceName FileName
QueueName is the name of the queue (such as rp1
), and PrinterName is the name of the printer (such as drp1)
as found in the /usr/lib/lpd/qconfig file. Do not omit the : (colon) between the QueueName and the PrinterName. FileName is the name of the file that you want to print.
- Terminate the connection to the remote host by pressing the Ctrl-D sequence or entering quit
.
Related Information
The enq command, rlogin command, telnet command.
The refresh command.
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