To add a printer to an Advanced Server, do the following tasks:
On the AS/U server, create the HP-UX
lp print destination (lpdest for example). Use SAM or use lpshut,
lpadmin, or lpsched.
Verify proper operation of lpdest. Send a test job
to lpdest with the command: lp -dlpdest -t"Title" -n2 /etc/passwd
request id is lpdest-5 (1 file)
Add an AS/U printer share routed to lpdest:
net share lpdest=lpdest /print
or
net share lpdest /print
net print lpdest /route:lpdest
On a Windows NT 4.0 client, while logged in as Administrator
or Print Operator, open an Explorer window on the AS/U server asuserver
Start, Run..., Type in \\asuserver
then OK
or
Find \\asuserver
in Network Neighborhood and open it
or
Start,
Find, Computer, type in \\asuserver
then OK then double click \\asuserver
in result box.
In asuserver window, double click
Printers.
In Printers on asuserver window,
right click on lpdest printer and select Properties
In lpdest on ASUSERVER Properties
window, select an appropriate printer driver:Select driver in Driver:
box
or
Click on New Driver...
and select the appropriate driver
If you want clients other than Windows NT 4.0 to
download drivers from the AS/U server, select Sharing
tab.
Highlight all desired clients in Alternate
Drivers: box.
Click OK. You may have to insert
appropriate Windows source CDROMs.
Note that Windows NT 4.0 cannot read Windows 95 *.cab files.
When asked for Windows 95 printer drivers, you must:- Point to
a networked computer's Windows 95 directory that has the driver
or- Previously extracted all the Windows 95 drivers from the
*.cab files on the source media (assuming it was on CDROM) with
the following command:
C:\> mkdir c:\temp\win95src C:\> f: (if f: is CD drive) F:\> cd \setup (if \setup is location of *.cab files) F:\SETUP>extract /a /l c:\temp\win95src precopy2.cab *.* F:\SETUP>extract /a /l c:\temp\win95src win95_02.cab *.*
Then when asked, point to C:\TEMP\WIN95SRC.
Note that not all files extracted are used, and you may wish to
extract only the necessary files (once you know what they are) to
save space.
After you define the general characteristics of your shared
printer queue, you are prompted to assign it certain device-specific
properties such as fonts, printer memory, and color. The way in
which you set properties depends on how you want users to access
print devices. If you do not change specific properties, Advanced
Server uses the default settings.
For more information, see "Planning How Users Access
Printers (Shared Printer Queues)" earlier in this chapter.
After you create a shared printer queue, it appears in the
network-wide printer browse list. Windows NT and Windows 95
clients can connect to printers from this list using the Add Printer
Wizard.
For more information about sharing printers, see "Sharing
a Printer (Shared Printer Queue)" later in this chapter.
For information on specifying which hardware platforms and
operating systems to support, see "Installing Printer Drivers
for Multiple Hardware Platforms" later in this chapter.
For information on setting device-specific properties, see
"Setting Device- Specific Properties" later in
this chapter.
For information on installing a print driver for an unsupported
printer, see "Installing a Printer Driver for an Unsupported
Printer" later in this chapter.
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