Solaris
Adding the IP address and host name to the /etc/hosts file
The following line is added to the /etc/hosts file. The IP address and printer host name previously entered in the installation script will be used.
192.168.15.16 nphost # Network Printer
192.168.15.16 is the IP address, nphost is the host name, from # to the end of the line is the comment.
The /etc/hosts file contains a list of IP addresses and host names of all hosts communicating on the network. Each entry is delimited with a space or a tab, and each line is separated with a return.
If you do not use NIS or DNS, you must manually enter the IP address and host name of each workstation using the network printer in the /etc/hosts file.
Registering the printer
The installation shell script registers the printer as a remote printer following the procedure below:
If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, register the print server and print client to the print service.
# lpsystem -t bsd -R 0 -y Network Printer nphost
Register the printer as a remote printer.
# lpadmin -p np -s nphost!option -T dump -I any
np is the printer name, nphost is the host name. For details about "option", see Specifying the Device Option.
"lp" will be assigned, if the option is not used.
When printing with the lp command, use ( _ ) instead of ( = ) and ( ; ) instead of ( , ) for operating systems that cannot use ( = ) and ( , ) such as Solaris 2.5 or later.
If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, set the print job to active so it can be accepted by the print queue.
/usr/lib/accept np
If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, set the print job to active to print.
/usr/lib/enable np