Editing a Network Printer Entry

To edit a network printer entry, select editnetprinter  from the Network Printer Administration menu. You will see the following prompts:

  1. Do you wish to edit a Reality Release 4.x network printer [y/n]:

    • To edit a printer entry for RealityX Release 4.0 or later, or Reality on UNIX, enter y.

    • To edit any other type of printer entry, enter n  and go to step 3 below.

  2. REALROOT not set.  REALROOT [absolute path]:

    This prompt is only displayed if the environment variable REALROOT is not set. Enter the absolute pathname for REALROOT (refer to your Reality documentation for details).

  3. A list of network printers is then displayed:

    The following network printers are currently installed:
    
    name name name
    
    Enter the network printer you wish to edit:

    Enter the name of the network printer entry that you wish to edit.

  4. On entry of a valid name, the following message is displayed:

    To leave a parameter unchanged, enter <return> at the
    appropriate prompt

    This is followed by messages each giving a current parameter setting and followed by a prompt to enable an alternative setting to be entered. Press RETURN in response to a prompt to leave the current setting unaltered. See Printer Configuration for details of the prompts and valid responses to them.

  5. When all the prompts have been answered, messages are displayed confirming that the original entry has been replaced by the edited version.