DESCRIPTION
Print managers coordinate user print requests generated by the prf
command and control one or more print servers. Print servers are bound to
the print managers in the print server configuration file.
When the print manager receives print requests, it checks to ensure that
the requested printer exists. If it does not, the job is rejected. If
the printer exists, the print manager notifies an appropriate print
server. The print server processes the print job and informs the print
manager of the ongoing status of the print job.
Starting the Print Manager
Print managers are started with the prmgr command. You can start the
print manager from any node on which the llbd (NCS Local Location Broker
daemon) is running on the print manager node. The print manager can be
started as either a foreground or background process.
Print Manager Configuration File
As an option to the command, you supply the print manager configuration
filename. The print manager configuration file defines the manager's
spooling node and logical name and, if appropriate, invokes a print
server that allows printing of pre-SR10 print jobs.
The print manager configuration file contains three items:
⊕ The print manager logical name, which should identify the type and
location of the printers serviced by the print manager
⊕ The print manager's spooling node, a node that includes a /sys/print
directory (not just a link to that directory)
⊕ An option, pre10q, that allows the SR10 print environment to accept
pre-SR10 print jobs
You must define a configuration file for each print manager. A sample
configuration file defining a spooling node named //flash and a print
manager named r&d is shown below:
spool_node = //flash
prmgr_name = r&d1
pre10q
ARGUMENTS
-cfg configuration_filename
The name of the print manager configuration file.
prmgr looks for the configuration file in the current
working directory or specified pathname.
-n process_name The name assigned to the print manager process. We
recommend that you use the logical name specified in
the configuration file.
SEE ALSO
More information is available. Type
help prf For information about printing files
help prfd For information about the menu-based prf command
help printer For general information about printers supported in a
Domain/OS network
help prsvr For information about the print server
help prsvr/config
For information about the print server configuration file