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Configure the 

/etc/printcap

 file on each host computer to 

specify the local print queue, the Print/Fax server name (also 
called remote machine or rm), and the Print/Fax server service 
name (also called remote printer, remote queue, or rp), and the 
spool directory.

An example of a typical printcap file:

laser1|Printer on Floor 1:\
:lp=:\
:rm=BRN_310107:\
:rp=TEXT_P1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/laser1:

This step applies to the majority of UNIX systems, including 
Linux, Sun OS (but not Solaris 2.xx), Silicon Graphics (lpr/lpd 
option required), DEC ULTRIX, DEC OSF/1, and Digital 
UNIX. SCO UNIX users should follow these steps, but should 
also see 

SCO UNIX Configuration

 on page 1-10 section. 

Users of RS/6000 AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris 2.xx, and other 
systems that do not use the printcap file should skip to Step 
4. SCO user's should also skip to Step 4 (SCO uses the 
printcap file, but this file is automatically configured via the 

rlpconf

 command).

Make sure this information is added to the end of the printcap 
file. Also make sure that the last character in the printcap file 
is a colon “:”.

This will create a queue named laser1 on the host computer 
that communicates to a Brother print server with a node 
name (rm) of BRN_310107 and a service name (rp) of 
TEXT_P1 printing text files to a Brother printer through spool 
directory 

/usr/spool/lpd/laser1

. If you are printing 

binary graphics files, you would use the service BINARY_P1 
instead of TEXT_P1.