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, 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 Place a Print Job in a Remote Print Queue Using the enq Command

Find the appropriate queue name and remote device name. The queue name usually begins with the letters rp followed by a numeral or set of numerals. The remote printer name usually begins with the letters drp followed by a numeral or set of numerals.
Type the following command:
```
enq -P QueueName:DeviceName FileName
```
where 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.

The following are examples of how the enq command can be used:

To print the file memo on the default printer, enter:
```
enq memo
```
To print the file prog.c with page numbers, enter:
```
pr prog.c | enq
```
The pr command puts a heading at the top of each page that includes the date the file was last modified, the name of the file, and the page number. The enq command then prints the file.
To print the file report on the next available printer configured for the fred queue, enter:
```
enq -P fred report
```
To print several files beginning with the prefix sam on the next available printer configured for the fred queue, enter:
```
enq -P fred sam*
```
All files beginning with the prefix sam are included in one print job. Normal status commands show only the title of the print job, which in this case is the name of the first file in the queue unless a different value was specified with the -T flag. To list the names of all the files in the print job, use the long status command enq -A -L.

To Enqueue a Job Using SMIT

Type the following command:
```
smit
```
Select the Spooler, and start a print job menu.
Select the File to Print option, and type 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 might 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, 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 usually begins with the letters rp followed by a numeral or set of numerals. The remote printer name usually begins with the letters drp followed by a numeral or set of numerals.
Type the following command:
```
enq -P QueueName:DeviceName FileName
```
where 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.
End the connection to the remote host by pressing the Ctrl-D sequence or by typing quit.