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GL-1020 Administrator’s Guide 155
For LINUX, enter the following command:
tar xvf linux.tar
The command extracts all the required files and installs them
in the correct locations.
MANAGING UNIX PRINT QUEUES
Considerations and Limitations
n You must have root privileges to create a print queue.
Prerequisites
n Locate the GL-1020’s IP Address if you will be accessing the
device by entering its IP Address.
n Alternatively, add the device host name to the /etc/hosts file
using either the
admintool command for Solaris or IBM
AIX, or the
sam command for HP-UX or the linuxconf
command for Linux.
Unix Queue Setup
Creating a Print Queue
1 Log on to the root account.
2 Enter the following command:
gl1020add <queue name> <host name or IP
address>
This command creates a print queue using the system’s
lpadmin command. It also creates a configuration file that
has the destination IP address or host name. Use the
configuration file to change print queue parameters.
The
lpadmin command stores the printer interface file in the
/etc/lp/interfaces directory in a file with the same
name as the print queue. The configuration file is stored in
the
/etc/lp/interfaces directory in a file named
<queue name>.conf.
Under Linux, the
printtool (or equivalent) utility must be
used to add the printer into the
lp printing system after
executing the
gl1020add command.
