MKNETPR(1M)                                           MKNETPR(1M)



     NAME
          mknetpr - provide access to a remote printer

     SYNOPSIS
          /usr/spool/lp/etc/util/mknetpr printer host netprinter

     DESCRIPTION
          mknetpr creates a filter program that accesses a real
          printer over the network and registers the ``printer'' with
          the LP system.  A log file is also created.  printer is the
          name you give the printer (see lpadmin (1M)). host is the
          name of an IRIS that has a real printer attached to it.
          netprinter is the name of the real printer on the remote
          machine.  If the remote printer is a LaserWriter and you
          want to print troff (1) files, you need to duplicate much of
          the software that is on the host machine in order to
          generate a PostScript file that can be transmitted to the
          remote printer.  Many of the filters that prepare data for
          the LaserWriter default their output to a printer or class
          of printers called PostScript.  Therefore, it is a good idea
          to use the name PostScript for the printer.  You can
          override such action using the ``destination'' switch in the
          various programs.

          After running this program, you might consider making this
          printer the default printer using lpadmin(1M).  Run this
          program as superuser from directory /usr/spool/lp/etc/util.

          This program installs a printer filter program that appears
          to the LP system as a real printer filter.  The data passed
          to the filter is transmitted to the host machine, then
          submitted to the remote printer's queue using lp.  The
          filter uses TCP/IP or XNS protocols, depending on what sort
          of kernel is running.

     FILES
          /usr/spool/lp/etc/log/<printer>-log
          /usr/spool/lp/interface/<printer>

     SEE ALSO
          accept(1M), addclient(1M), enable(1), lp(1), lpadmin(1M),
          lpsched(1M), lpshut(1M), lpstat(1), rmprinter(1M).

     AUTHOR
          Glen Williams

     ORIGIN
          Silicon Graphics, Inc.







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