How to setup a network printer in SCO Unix

[LotharIrausquin]

I need to setup a network printer in SCO Unix.
Can anyone tell how to setup a networked printer in SCO Unix?
I do not know how to start.

 

[edfair]

Using a shared network printer on the unix box from somewhere else or unix using a shared network printer on something else?

What SCO Unix?



Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[LotharIrausquin]

No it's an Network Printer with an IP address.
The platform is SCO Unix (Santa Cruz Operation).
I need to setup a network printer in SCO Unix.

The clients use WYSE Terminals that connect via a modem to the Unix server. A modem bank is connected to the Unix Server.

 

[motoslide]

You might need to furnish us with more details on the version of SCO. Primary versions are OpenServer 5.0.x (multiple revisions), OpenServer 6, and UnixWare.

In a very basic setup,(assuming OpenServer5 and an HP JetDirect printer) you can add the printer's IP address to your /etc/hosts file, then run /usr/lib/hpnp/hpnpcfg.
That gives you a little menu, of which you only need to run option #6.

If the printer isn't an HP JetDirect, you might have to install and use "netcat" (or use LPR/LPD). Some printers provide their own drivers as well, but most will respond to either of the above with the correct parameters.


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