Adding a Local Printer to the LP Spooler




	NOTE: Do not confuse adding a printer to the LP spooler with adding a printer to your system. Adding a printer to the LP spooler involves configuring the LP spooler. Adding a printer to your system involves connecting the printer to your computer and configuring the needed drivers in the kernel. For information on the latter, see the Interface Card OL Support Guide*.

The easiest way to add a local printer to the LP spooler is to run HP SMH. HP SMH will also do some of the CDE configuration (if CDE is being used).

Ensure that you have superuser capabilities.
Add the printer to the LP spooler. For example:
# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -plocal_printer -v/dev/lp -mHP_model -g7
See lpadmin(1M) for details on the options. Also see the HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide: Overview for model information for the -m option.
If the printer being added will be the default printer, execute the following:
# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -dlocal_printer
Allow print requests to be accepted for the newly added printer. For example:
# /usr/sbin/accept local_printer
Enable the newly added printer to process print requests. For example:
# /usr/bin/enable local_printer
Start the LP spooler if it is not already running:
# /usr/sbin/lpsched
Test the printer using the LP spooler, then check the LP spooler’s status. For example:
# lp -dlocal_printer /etc/motd # lpstat -t

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