System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

Example 2—Destination (or Network Printer Access Name) With Port Designation (Name)

When using the BSD protocol, the port designation might not be a number, but some name defined by the printer vendor, for example: xxx_parallel_1. If the printer node name is cardboard, then the printer access name is: cardboard:xxx_parallel_1. To configure a printer in this case use:


lpadmin -p printer_name -o dest=cardboard:xxx_parallel_1