October 2001
Beginner
1024 pages
25h 8m
English
The first thing you will need to do is create a spool directory for the printer. Print spool directories are normally located in /var/spool/lpd, although there is nothing that says you can't put them somewhere else.
Decide on a name for the printer you are configuring. You can name the printer just about anything you want. And you can also create aliases to access the printer by other names.
After you have decided on a name for the printer, create a spool directory for it. For example:
mkdir /var/spool/lpt/laserjet
After this, you will probably want to change the owner of the spool directory and also change the permissions so that users can't snoop around and look at other people's print jobs. All print spool directories ...
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