lpr on AIX

From: John Leslie (johnleslie_at_madasafish.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: 12 Jul 2004 01:12:09 -0700

On Solaris I can specify both the Ipaddress and the queue in the -P
parameter seperated by a colon, e.g. lpr -P999.9.9.999:lp filename.

This means I can send a job to a printer directly without setting up a
queue on Solaris.

However on AIX this syntax does not work. I think you have to set up a
AIX remote queue first and then use that as the -P parameter.

Anyone know whether it is possible to use lpr on AIX without first
setting up a AIX remote queue?

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