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6. UNIX System Network
6.1 Introduction
The print server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix
LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol
originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version of
Unix and supported under most versions of Unix.
This chapter explains how to configure the print server for
TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on
your Unix system to allow printing to the print server. The
configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for
BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related
system documentation for the correct syntax of your
systems.
To configure the print server for LPD printing, perform the
procedures below:
1. Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up Print Server’s IP address.
3. Verify Print Server’s IP Address.
4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
In the next sections, we will describe these five procedures
step by step.
6.2 Enable Print Server’s TCP/IP Support
The default configuration of the print server is with TCP/IP
support enabled. Anyway, you can configure the print
server to enable TCP/IP support using the configuration
program.
6.3 Setup Print Server’s IP Address
The print server must have a unique IP address in order to
be recognized by the network.
You can set up the IP address on the various Unix systems
using any one of the following methods:
1. DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
2. BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol)
