How to change to 'Location' information for printers?

[SCHK]

Hi, is it possible to edit the information in the 'Location' column as seen in the attached overview of printers and plotters?
Thanks.

[Viktor Balogh]

Hi,

That field is only applicable to remote printers, and as I see it you don't have any of it. For a network printer it's always set to "-" which means n.a.

Regards,
Viktor

[SCHK]

Hi Viktor,

Thank you for your reply.

Oh, what a pity - I need to create quite a lot of new printers - and this field would be perfect for holding information on the actual printer location for documentary purposes.

Question: Is it perhaps possible to accomplish this in another way?

Thanks!
/Hans

[Viktor Balogh · Accepted solution]

Hi,

There is no comment field or something I know you could use for that matter. You should maintan a separate database for this purpose. Don't you have a CMDB (Configuration Management DataBase)? In the location column the server should be documented for the remote printers.

Regards,
Viktor

[SCHK]

Hi again,
Yes, we have documentation systems, but I was looking for documention right on the Unix. On the old HP e3000, you would keep similar information in a file on the server named /SYS/PUB/NPCONFIG, with plenty of room for comments. I accept this is not so on hp-ux, and will act accordingly. Thanks for the clarification.