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viiiGuide to Printers and PrintingWeb–based System Manager 2-40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Listing

3-4Guide to Printers and PrintingReal (Physical) and Virtual PrintersA real (physical) printer is the printer hardware attached to the system via a se

3-5Spooler Overview• For print jobs, provides an environment that you can customize to address specificprinting needs.You typically do not run printer

3-6Guide to Printers and PrintingGeneric Base Operating System SpoolerThe base operating system spooler is not specifically a print job spooler but a

3-7Spooler OverviewSpooler PartsThe base operating system spooler can be viewed as a process or a subsystem with abeginning, points–in–between, and an

3-8Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler Data Flow: Commands and BackendFour commands can be used to submit a job to the base operating system spooler

3-9Spooler OverviewFigure 1. Printing with the Base Operating Systemrembak is a common backend when the remote printer queue simply points to a queue

3-10Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler Data Flow (enq Command)The commands lp, lpr, qprt, and enq can be used to submit a job to the spooler forpro

3-11Spooler OverviewOverview of Backend ProcessingThe backend for a queue is begun by qdaemon; the qdaemon determines that a job’s turnto be processed

3-12Guide to Printers and Printing6. pioout7. device driverFigure 2. Datastream Flow for Common Print JobsWhen the device upon which the job is queued

3-13Spooler Overviewargv[0] is the name of the backend itself, as usual. Note that the –Pasc, which specifies thequeue name, was parsed out of the ori

ixPreface/etc/qconfig Spooler Configuration File 3-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /etc/qconfig File Str

3-14Guide to Printers and PrintingVirtual Printers and Formatter FiltersWhen the spooler queue backend is piobe, the formatter filter is normally the

3-15Spooler OverviewThe formatter driver is invoked by a pipeline and is passed the name of a formatter to bedriven. The formatter driver dynamically

3-16Guide to Printers and Printing/etc/qconfig Spooler Configuration FileThe /etc/qconfig file describes all of the queues defined to the base operati

3-17Spooler OverviewFollowing the tab–indented lines, the qdaemon must find the word that is the value of thedevice parameter followed by a colon; thi

3-18Guide to Printers and Printingps: device = lp1 lp1: file = /dev/lp1 header = never trailer = never access

4-1Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingChapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler SubsystemProgrammingThis chapter discusses the followin

4-2Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Backend Overview for ProgrammingThe base operating system printer backend receives and processes print reques

4-3Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingBy default, stdin, stdout, and stderr are all open to the null device (/dev/null), although itis

4-4Guide to Printers and PrintingVirtual Printer Definitions and AttributesA virtual printer definition is a file that pairs the attributes or charact

4-5Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingAttribute names for group headers begin with _ _ (two underscores) and must not be longerthan fi

xGuide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Attachment Files 4-42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-6Guide to Printers and PrintingName Description Value _ _FLG VALUES THAT MAY BE OVERRIDDEN WITH FLAGS

4-7Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming_ _SYS OTHER VALUES OF INTEREST TO THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR sh Pipeline for Header

4-8Guide to Printers and Printing_ _IDS PIPELINES FOR INPUT DATA STREAMS (2 char, 1st=”i”, 2nd=data stream name) ia Pipeline for Input Da

4-9Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingaddress the spooling subsystem, not the backend. Thus, listing one of these flags as aprohibited

4-10Guide to Printers and Printingpass–through pipeline (the ip attribute) to be used to process the print file instead of theASCII pipeline ( ia attr

4-11Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming_ _MIS MISCELLANEOUS mA Printer Data Stream Description PostScript mD N

4-12Guide to Printers and Printing_ _WKV WORK VARIABLES w7 Font Name for Header LIne of Text Converted to %?%S_s%”Courie Postscript

4-13Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming:052:_ _CTL:::512:aF::%?%G_Y%ttrue duplex %?%G_Y%{1}%=%tfalse tumble%etrue tumble %;%efalse dup

4-14Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Colon File Escape SequencesEmbedded references and logic for attribute values in the printer backend’s datab

4-15Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingInput String:%Ixx Includes the string attribute whose name is xx. %I and can be usedrecursively

xiPrefaceLexmark Optra E310 Laser Printer 4-105. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lexmark Optra M410 Laser

4-16Guide to Printers and PrintingInput Integer To Stack:%#xx”..@..” Extracts a selected portion of the string attribute named xx. Theselection criter

4-17Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingInternal Variables:Internal variables a through z are integer variables for use by %P, %Z, and

4-18Guide to Printers and PrintingRelational and Logical Operators:%= %> %< %! Pushes a value of 1 if true, or 0 if false, onto the stack.%= Are

4-19Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming%{2} pushes a value of 2 onto the stack%e else%{3} pushes a value of 3 onto the stack%; endif%d

4-20Guide to Printers and PrintingCommand Line Flags:These operators are usually used in pipeline definitions, where they apply to flags specifiedby t

4-21Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Colon File ConventionsPrinter and printer data stream attributes reside in colon files.

4-22Guide to Printers and PrintingAttribute NamesThe following conventions have been established for virtual printer attribute names:• Each attribute

4-23Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming@A Number of bytes already printed.@B Total number of bytes to print.@C Number of times to send

4-24Guide to Printers and PrintingAttribute ValuesThe following conventions have been established for attribute values:• Printer names are of the form

4-25Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming• values_msg_id• help_msg_id• help_msg_locValidation InformationValidation information validate

xiiGuide to Printers and PrintingChapter 6. System V Printer Configuration 6-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Understa

4-26Guide to Printers and PrintingExample of Print FormatterThis example shows how print formatters can interact with the documented printer formatter

4-27Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming/* TABLE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES */ struct attrparms attrtable[] = { /* name data type lookup ad

4-28Guide to Printers and Printinglineout(fileptr) /*** Format a Line ***/ FILE *fileptr; { int ch, charcount = 0; for (ch = 0; ch < Indent; ch+

4-29Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingUnderstanding the Interaction between qdaemon and theBackendThe qdaemon and the backend communi

4-30Guide to Printers and PrintingUpdating Job Status InformationThe qchk command displays information about currently running jobs, including theorig

4-31Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingEXITFATAL The job could not be finished because of a problem in the device thatrequires manual

4-32Guide to Printers and PrintingMessage FormatEach message sent by the printer backend consists of a message header frame, zero ormore parameter hea

4-33Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingpointers to null strings. The print supervisor then calls the sprintf subroutine or a similarsu

4-34Guide to Printers and PrintingUnderstanding Backend Routines in libqbThis article defines the set of library routines that the backend should use

4-35Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingget_to() Returns an array of characters containing the name of theperson for whom the job is in

xiiiPrefaceInstalling and Maintaining PostScript Fonts 6-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining a List of Printer–Resid

4-36Guide to Printers and Printingput_header( fnaddr, width ) Prints a header page with no following form–feed andreturns the number of lines printed.

4-37Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Code Page Translation TablesTranslation of code points in the print file to code points

4-38Guide to Printers and Printingtranslation table in the ring that can print the character, it prints a substitute character(underscore) instead.The

4-39Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Code Page Translation for Multibyte Code SetsMultibyte code set (MBCS) translation from

4-40Guide to Printers and Printing2. Define the translation table in the trans.dir file. The format to define a new code setnamed NewCodeSet is:newcod

4-41Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingTranslation Table Example#include <fcntl.h> struct trans_table /*Translation

4-42Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Attachment FilesAttachment files provide a simple interface for developers of printer attachments to createS

4-43Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingStructure of Attachment FilesAttachment files are ASCII files. Each line in an attachment file

4-44Guide to Printers and PrintingAttachment File Field DefinitionsThe following field definitions detail the attachment type fields, formats for the

4-45Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingadd_printer Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in order toadd a printer to

xivGuide to Printers and Printing

4-46Guide to Printers and PrintingOperators for Limits Field in the Printer Colon FileThe limits field in the colon file contains two types of informa

4-47Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIn another example, when the limits field contains ’[none,full,emulator=0,1,2]’then the sm_cmd_

4-48Guide to Printers and PrintingDisplay OperatorsC Defines how multiple flags relate within the SMIT dialog, how the options for the flagsare displa

4-49Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingField Characteristics OperatorsE Controls the entry_type field of the sm_cmd_opt object. The po

4-50Guide to Printers and PrintingAuxiliary Operations and Validation OperatorsAuxiliary operations for the SMIT dialog definitions determine the type

4-51Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingL Specifies that a pop–up list is displayed when the user selects F4. The pop up listallows use

4-52Guide to Printers and PrintingT Allows multiple selections to be made from a pop up list and works identical to the Roperator. The multi–select fi

4-53Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingAdding a Printer Using the Printer Colon FilePrerequisite Tasks or Conditions• The printer must

4-54Guide to Printers and Printing%Sxx Pushes a pointer to the current string value for the xx attribute onto the stack.The only operation that can be

4-55Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter–Specific InformationThe format and content of the header and trailer pages can be custo

1-1Printing OverviewChapter 1. Printing OverviewPrinting in AIX offers a myriad of configuration and setup options. Depending on the printer,you can c

4-56Guide to Printers and Printing• Lexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinter on page 4-81• Lexmark Optra Color 1200 Printer on page 4-84• Lexmark Optra Colo

4-57Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIf you need support for Greek or Turkish characters, complete the following steps:1. You must h

4-58Guide to Printers and PrintingNotes:a. The Japanese Base System Locale Package must be installed to print Japanesecharacters.b. Japanese character

4-59Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingparameter (for example /dev/fd1 ) is needed only if the diskette device is not /dev/fd0,the sta

4-60Guide to Printers and PrintingIBM 5202 Quietwriter IIIAlthough this printer detects the presence of a font cartridge, the host system cannot. Youm

4-61Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIBM Network Color PrinterThe predefined files support the IBM Network Color Printer 2.0 or high

4-62Guide to Printers and Printing–K # Specifies the color rendering dictionary.0Default Printer Setting1Scanner2Highlight3Photographic4Presentation5M

4-63Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24 support the following fonts and pitches:courier 10, 12,

4-64Guide to Printers and Printing10Mail Box Bin 1050 Offset Bin–= value (#) destination output binIBM Network Printer 240 Auto Output Bin1 Main Outpu

4-65Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIBM InfoPrint 20–q # Specifies print quality options. The –q options for the InfoPrint 20 are:6

1-2Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinting terminologyThe following list defines terms commonly used with printing.formatter filterProvides the capabil

4-66Guide to Printers and Printing–Q # Specifies paper size for the print job. The –Q options for the InfoPrint 20 are:1Letter2Legal3Folio411 x 175A46

4-67Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–s Name Specifies a type style with the Name variable. Typestyles for the InfoPrint 20are:• cou

4-68Guide to Printers and PrintingIBM InfoPrint 32 Printer–= # Type of Output Paper Handling.0Default Printer Setting1Main (Face Down)2Face–up (Rear B

4-69Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–u # Sets the paper source to one of the following:0Use Current Input Source Selected on Printe

4-70Guide to Printers and Printing–Q # Specifies paper size for the print job1Letter2Legal3Folio411x175A46B47A38Universal Paper Size9B5–JIS10A511Execu

4-71Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIBM InfoPrint 40 Printer–= # Type of Output Paper Handling.0Default Printer Setting1Main (Face

4-72Guide to Printers and Printing–u # Sets the paper source to one of the following:0Use Current Input Source Selected on Printer1Tray 12Auxiliary Tr

4-73Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–Q # Specifies the paper size for the print job.1Letter2Legal3Folio411x175A46B47A38Universal Pa

4-74Guide to Printers and PrintingCanon LASER SHOT LBP–B404PS/LiteThe Japanese PostScript and ASCII data streams are supported. Japanese language text

4-75Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIf an optional High Capacity Output (HC0) device is installed, the additional trays areavailabl

1-3Printing Overviewsome instances, you might have to submit print jobs one file at a time or concatenatefiles before submitting them as a print job.

4-76Guide to Printers and PrintingThe output bins can be accessed using the (–=) flag of the qprt command. The followingtable shows the possible value

4-77Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark 4227 Forms PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported by using the –u flag

4-78Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra Laser PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the enhanced PCL (R) 5emulation

4-79Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPaper Type The Optra printer supports paper types: rough, normal (default),transparency, labels

4-80Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –p flagfor pitch and the –s flag for font na

4-81Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the en

4-82Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Type The Optra Plus printer supports paper types: rough, normal (default),transparency, labels, and cardstock

4-83Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingDuplex Mode The optional duplex feature is supported by the –Y flag of the qprtcommand.–Y 0simp

4-84Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra Color 1200 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL 5 emulation and th

4-85Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using the qprt command flags, –Oand –Q. The –O

1-4Guide to Printers and Printingfor the formatter filter. The formatter filter processes the header page and writes theresult to standard output. Sta

4-86Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flag forpitch and the –s flag for font name

4-87Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Color 40 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL

4-88Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flag forpitch and the –s flag for font name

4-89Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Color 45 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL

4-90Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flag forpitch and the –s flag for font name

4-91Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra K 1220 PrinterPaperSourcePaper source selection is supported for both the ”enhanc

4-92Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using either one or both of the qprtcommand flags, –O and –Q. The –O

4-93Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flag forpitch and the

4-94Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra C Color LaserPrinterPrinting Color Files in PCL5 Emulation ModeTo print color files, or any preformatt

4-95Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation byusing the –p flag for pitch and th

1-5Printing Overviewreal printerThe printer hardware attached to a serial or parallel port at a unique hardware deviceaddress. The printer device driv

4-96Guide to Printers and PrintingCollation The Optra C printer supports collation of multiple copies ofa print job internally. This feature is contro

4-97Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra E LaserPrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL 5

4-98Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Type The Optra E printer supports paper types: rough, normal (default),transparency, labels, and cardstock usi

4-99Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –p flagfor pitch and th

4-100Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra N LaserPrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the enhanced PCL (R) 5emulati

4-101Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingTo change the defaults, change s0 – s5 attributes for each valid inputvalue. Because manual fe

4-102Guide to Printers and PrintingNote: To format ASCII for other font styles, use the base operatingsystem enscript utility or the qprt command with

4-103Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingNote: This function is independent of the –B flag of the qprtcommand.Output Bin The equal sign

4-104Guide to Printers and Printing

4-105Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra E310 Laser PrinterPage Rotation Page rotation selection is supported for the PCL

1-6Guide to Printers and PrintingStarting a print job (qprt command)Use the qprt or smit command to request a print job and specify the following:• Na

4-106Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Type The Optra E310 printer supports paper types ROUGH, NORMAL(default), TRANSPARENCY, LABELS, and CARDSTOCK

4-107Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flagfor pitch and the

4-108Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra M410 Laser PrinterPage Rotation Page rotation selection is supported for the PCL 5e emulation by usin

4-109Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using either one or both of theqprt command fl

4-110Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the –s flag for font n

4-111Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Se Laser PrinterPage Rotation Page rotation selection is supported for the PCL 5

4-112Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of the qprtcommand. The –O flag controls pape

4-113Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and t

4-114Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparatorPagesThe –E flag controls separator pages. The valid values are 0, 1, 2, and3, which represent NONE, BETWE

4-115Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra T Laser Printer FamilyPage Rotation Page rotation selection is supported for the

1-7Printing Overview–b NumberSpecifies the bottom margin. The bottom margin is thenumber of blank lines to be left at the bottom of each page.–B Value

4-116Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of the qprtcommand. The –O flag controls pape

4-117Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –p flagfor pitch and the

4-118Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparatorPagesThe –E flag controls separator pages. The valid values are 0, 1, 2, and3, which represent NONE, BETWE

4-119Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra W810 Laser PrinterPage Rotation Page rotation selection is supported for the PCL

4-120Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using the –Q flag of the qprtcommand. The first five paper sizes ar

4-121Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and t

4-122Guide to Printers and PrintingCollation andNumber ofcopiesThe optra W810 printer supports collation of multiple copies of a printjob internally.

4-123Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingFinisher Offset The Optra W810 printer supports this option if it has an optionalFinisher inst

4-124Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Plus Printer Models 2380–3, 2381–3, 2390–3, 2391–3Paper Source Paper source selection is supported by using

4-125Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch, Font, andQualityPitch selection is supported by using the –p flag for the pitch,the –s

1-8Guide to Printers and Printing–L OptionSpecifies whether lines wider than the page width should bewrapped to the next line or truncated at the righ

4-126Guide to Printers and PrintingPage Width The –w flag controls the width of the printable page incharacters.Plus PrinterDefault2380 and 2390802381

4-127Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter SupportSupport for each printer is provided as a separately installable package. To se

4-128Guide to Printers and Printing• Bull PR–88• Bull PR–88 VFU Handling• Bull PR–90• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–B404PS/Lite• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–B406S/D/E

4-129Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming• IBM 4076 InkJet Printer• IBM 4079 Color JetPrinter• IBM 4201 Model 2 Proprinter II• IBM 4201

4-130Guide to Printers and Printing• IBM 6182 Auto Feed Color Plotter• IBM 6184 Color Plotter• IBM 6185–1 Color Plotter• IBM 6185–2 Color Plotter• IBM

4-131Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–B404PS/Lite on page 4-74• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–B406S/D/E/G, A404/E, A

4-132Guide to Printers and Printing• OKI MICROLINE 801PS/+F, 801PSII/+F, 800PSIILT on page 4-126• Printronix P9012 Line Printer on page 4-126• QMS

4-133Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPass–Through ModeBoth virtual printers and the printer device driver can operate, or function,

4-134Guide to Printers and PrintingThis is a test version of /etc/motd, used to demonstrate what happens when a printer device driver, such as /dev/lp

4-135Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe _d attribute in a virtual printer definition (a digested colon file) specifies the input d

1-9Printing Overview–z ValueRotates page printer output the number of quarter–turnsclockwise as specified by the Value variable. The length (–l)and wi

4-136Guide to Printers and PrintingViewing, Formatting, or Modifying Virtual Printer DefinitionsAn IBM 4029 LaserPrinter supports four distinct data s

4-137Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming Name Description Value __FLG VALUES THAT MAY B

4-138Guide to Printers and PrintingOther attributes may be much harder to read in this form. For example, entering ia at theprompt and pressing Enter

4-139Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming:056:__FLG:::625:CB:S[B]DyEn::626:CC:S[C]DyEn::627:CD:S[D]DyEn::628:CE:S[E]DyEn::629:CF:S[F]Dy

4-140Guide to Printers and Printing %Ide INCLUDE: (Directory Containing Miscellaneous Modules) ’/pioformat –@’ %Idd INCLUDE: (Directory

4-141Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingModifying the mi, mp, and _d Attributes on a PostScript QueueInput data stream attributes stor

4-142Guide to Printers and PrintingHow piobe Uses Printer Colon FilesThe piobe command is a spooler backend program called by the qdaemon program topr

4-143Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe mail specifies several items:• The physical printer that would have been used.• The values

4-144Guide to Printers and Printing• mn – Device name• mq – Queue name (name of a queue stanza in /etc/qconfig)• mv – Virtual printer name (name of a

4-145Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingSpooler Job Header and Trailer PagesThe pipelines for generating header and trailer pages are

1-10Guide to Printers and Printingsmit commandTo start a print job using SMIT, enter:smit qprt

4-146Guide to Printers and PrintingThe value of the st definition is similar to the value of the sh definition.Custom Header PagesThe root user can cr

4-147Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPipeline for Header Page sh = { if test X”$MYHEADER” = X ; then %Ide/pioburst %F[H] %Idb/H.as

4-148Guide to Printers and PrintingModifying the mo Virtual Printer AttributeAll virtual printer definitions contain an attribute named mo. The mo att

4-149Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingsystem naming conventions. A reasonable action is to create a file just for the purpose ofbein

4-150Guide to Printers and PrintingFiltersVirtual printer definitions contain predefined and open (undefined) filter attributes. Forexample, an AIX Ve

4-151Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming –P asc –o –f –o p /etc/motd These are the arguments qprt tried to pass to enq. You see them

4-152Guide to Printers and PrintingThis frequently removes all the printer control problems that existed, but adds one new one.When the formatter filt

4-153Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingEditing the /etc/qconfig FileThe /etc/qconfig configuration file can be edited with your text

4-154Guide to Printers and Printing

5-1Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerChapter 5. Troubleshooting the Base Operating SystemSpoolerThis chapter contains information on th

1-11Printing OverviewCanceling a print job (qcan command)This section discusses how to cancel any job in the print queue. When you cancel a printjob,

5-2Guide to Printers and PrintingLocal Printer ChecklistCheck the following items if you are having problems with your local printer:• Verify that the

5-3Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerInoperative Printer ChecklistIf you have inoperative printers, check the following items for local

5-4Guide to Printers and PrintingRemote Printer ChecklistCheck the following items for the host acting as the remote print server:• Make sure that all

5-5Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerAdapter ConsiderationsThe 16–port RS–232 adapter does not support clear to send (CTS). A printer c

5-6Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinting Problems When the var File System is FullPrinting problems occur when the /var file system is full. This usu

5-7Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerReactivating the Queue DaemonThe queue daemon (or qdaemon) process tracks print job requests and t

5-8Guide to Printers and PrintingClearing a Print Queue BacklogTo clear the queuing system, you must stop qdaemon and check if the /var file system is

5-9Troubleshooting the Base Operating System Spoolerrm *The pwd command writes to standard output the full path name of your current directory(from th

5-10Guide to Printers and PrintingReallocating Printer ResourcesUse the following procedures to avoid having one print job use all of the printer reso

5-11Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerDeleting Unnecessary Directory FilesUse the following procedures to clean out unnecessary files s

1-12Guide to Printers and PrintingPrioritizing a print job (qpri command)This section discusses how to change the priority of a print job. You can onl

5-12Guide to Printers and PrintingTerminal–Attached Printer ChecklistCheck the following items when the printer attached to an ASCII terminal does not

5-13Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerConsiderations for 8–Bit Printer Attached to 7–Bit InterfaceSome printers assume an 8–bit (8 bits

5-14Guide to Printers and Printingqdaemon ChecklistUnder normal circumstances, the qdaemon command starts when the system starts, runsuntil the system

5-15Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerQueuing System ProblemsWhen the queuing system shows one or more queues in DEV_WAIT and you have

5-16Guide to Printers and PrintingTesting the qdaemonSubmitting jobs to the spooler causes no discernible spooler activity. Assume a local ASCIIprint

5-17Troubleshooting the Base Operating System Spoolerthey are out of paper, fix the problem and see if the printers begin printing. If they do notbegi

5-18Guide to Printers and PrintingTesting a Spooler QueueWhen spooling jobs from an application, it is often not clear if a job is actually getting to

5-19Troubleshooting the Base Operating System SpoolerCopying Spooled JobsParticularly in a remote spooling environment, it can be useful to make a cop

5-20Guide to Printers and PrintingCleaning Up and Starting OverThis procedure completely clears and restarts the spooler system. All jobs currently qu

6-1System V Printer ConfigurationChapter 6. System V Printer ConfigurationThis chapter discusses advanced print service functions, including:• Unders

1-13Printing OverviewMoving a print job to another print queue (qmov command)This section discusses how you can move a print job to another print queu

6-2Guide to Printers and PrintingUnderstanding the Print ServiceThe System V print service is a collection of utilities that help you, as system admin

6-3System V Printer ConfigurationYou can customize the print service by adjusting or replacing some of the items shown inthe Overview of Print Request

6-4Guide to Printers and Printingrun separately by the spooling daemon to avoid tying up a printer. Fast filters are run sotheir output goes directly

6-5System V Printer ConfigurationPPriority of the print request, if applicable.p List of pages printed.r Any –r options given to the lp command indica

6-6Guide to Printers and PrintingAdministrative Print Service CommandsCommandDescription accept rejectPermits jobs to be queued for a specified destin

6-7System V Printer ConfigurationCustomizing Printer ConfigurationAlthough the print service is flexible enough to handle most printers and printing n

6-8Guide to Printers and Printing/usr/sbin/lpadmin –p printer_name –o width= scaled–number /usr/sbin/lpadmin –p printer_name –o length=

6-9System V Printer Configurationremove the wildcard entry from the file and add entries for the remote systems. To do this,perform the following:• To

6-10Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Interface ScriptsA printer interface script is a program that the print service uses to manage the printer e

6-11System V Printer ConfigurationWhen the interface script is invoked:• Standard input comes from /dev/null.• Standard output is directed to the prin

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1-14Guide to Printers and PrintingHolding and releasing a print job (qhld command)This section discusses how to hold a print job after it has been sen

6-12Guide to Printers and Printing ## Print the banner pageSome applications, when run with certain printers, may require that you turn off pagebreak

6-13System V Printer ConfigurationExit CodesThe following table describes how the print service interprets exit codes:CodeDescription0 The print job c

6-14Guide to Printers and Printingpitch, and character sets, and you might have trouble keeping the printer set to the correctmodes for each print req

6-15System V Printer Configuration* hpa Horizontal position absolute* cud1 Down one line* cuf1 Carriage right swidm Enable double–wide printing rwidm

6-16Guide to Printers and Printing Page length: 66 Page width: 80 Number of pages: 2 Line pitch: 10 Character pitch: 1

6-17System V Printer Configurationusers who are included in a deny list on a remote system are included in the correspondingdeny list on your local sy

6-18Guide to Printers and PrintingUnmounting a FormThe lpadmin command allows you to specify that a form or font on a specified printer is tobe unmoun

6-19System V Printer ConfigurationProviding FiltersA filter is a program that you can use for the following purposes:• To convert a user file from one

6-20Guide to Printers and Printingmatch output types to input types in this way, thus passing a file through a series of filters,until the file reache

6-21System V Printer Configurationsignals other than the dropping of a carrier or the shutting off of data flow. A filter can serveyou by detecting mo

1-15Printing OverviewChecking print job status (qchk command)This section discusses how you can display the current status information for specified j

6-22Guide to Printers and Printing• Names of specific printers to which it will send jobs• Type of the filter (whether it is a fast filter or a slow f

6-23System V Printer Configurationfile. Try to find a set of filters that take (as input types) all the different files your usersmay want printed and

6-24Guide to Printers and Printingreplace any asterisks it contains with the pattern specified or expand any regularexpressions it contains, and appen

6-25System V Printer ConfigurationLine pitchLPI scaled–decimal 6Page length LENGTH scaled–decimal 66Page width WIDTH scaled–decimal 80Pages to print P

6-26Guide to Printers and PrintingExample: col FilterSuppose you already added a filter called col with the following definition: Input types: N3

6-27System V Printer ConfigurationThis template is used to convert a MODES option of the form –y group=number into filteroptions –nnumber.So if a user

6-28Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter TypesThe printer–type attribute is defined with the –T printer–type option of the lpadmincommand. A printer

6-29System V Printer Configurationcontains only one type: simple.) If you are adding a remote printer, list the content typesthat have been establishe

6-30Guide to Printers and PrintingDefault Content TypeWhile it may be desirable to list content types for each printer, it is not always necessary. If

6-31System V Printer ConfigurationPostScript PrintersPostScript is a general–purpose programming language that allows you to specify theappearance of

1-16Guide to Printers and PrintingPrint queue status conditionsSome of the status conditions that a print queue can have are:DEV_BUSYIndicates that:•

6-32Guide to Printers and Printingtek4014Print files formatted for a Tektronix 4014 deviceplot Print plot–formatted filesFilters are provided with the

6-33System V Printer Configurationwhich controls the orientation of the logical page rather than the physical page, would causethe logical pages to be

6-34Guide to Printers and Printing/usr/sbin/lpadmin –p ps1 –T PS–b –I PSAs part of the installation procedure, you may want to install fonts on the pr

6-35System V Printer ConfigurationPostScript printers are shipped with 35 standard fonts, although less expensive modelshave only 13.• A font may be p

6-36Guide to Printers and Printing printer startup %%[ status: waiting; source: serial 25 ]%% %%[ status: endofjob ]%%

6-37System V Printer Configuration1. Copy the font file to the appropriate directory.The fonts available for use with PostScript printers reside in th

6-38Guide to Printers and PrintingFont Cartridges and Character SetsPrinters differ in the way they print different font styles. Some have font cartri

6-39System V Printer Configurationcharacter set 2, but better names are needed for the standard set (set 0) and set 1.Enter the following command to d

6-40Guide to Printers and PrintingAny print requests that require a font cartridge are printed on printer_name.5. Re–enable the printer.To unmount a f

6-41System V Printer ConfigurationSpecifying a Printer Fault Recovery MechanismNote: This information does not apply if you are making a remote print

1-17Printing OverviewFormatting files for printing (pr command)Use the pr command to perform simple formatting of the files you send to be printed. Yo

6-42Guide to Printers and PrintingFor example, to direct the print service to send electronic mail alerts every five minuteswhenever the printer queue

6-43System V Printer Configurationopost Postprocess data stream as listed below:–olcuc Do not map lower case to upper caseonlcr Map linefeed into carr

6-44Guide to Printers and Printing3. Create the file /usr/spool/lp/remote and add the following lines: port: lp –dreal –oportrait l

6-45System V Printer Configurationused by the subsystems to manage the AIX system. Other subsystems that use the LDAPdirectory include Security and Ne

6-46Guide to Printers and Printinginstance name, and creates a DB2 database with ldapdb2 as the default databasename if one does not exist. If an exis

6-47System V Printer Configurationfor System V print information and cn=aixsecdb for User/Group information) under it.System V print information is st

6-48Guide to Printers and Printing• Saves the ACL Bind Password for the AIX Print Bind DN in the/etc/ldapsvc/system.print file. The value of the ACL B

6-49System V Printer Configuration–sIndicates the command is being run to configure the directoryfor System V print.–w ACLBindPasswdSpecifies the pass

6-50Guide to Printers and Printinginformation. There could be situations in which the directory may contain an existing AIXinformation tree with Secur

7-1Transparent PrintingChapter 7. Transparent PrintingMost terminals have an auxiliary port that can be connected to a serial printer. Theseterminals

1-18Guide to Printers and PrintingThis command adds page headings to prog.c and sends it to the qprt command. Theheading consists of the date the file

7-2Guide to Printers and Printing

8-1Configuring a printer or plotter connected to a RANChapter 8. Configuring a printer or plotter connected toa RANThis procedure allows you to define

8-2Guide to Printers and Printing

9-1Configuring Terminal–Attached PrintersChapter 9. Configuring Terminal–Attached PrintersMany of the ASCII terminals used today have an auxiliary ser

9-2Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding the Print QueueAt this point, you have physically attached the printer to the terminal and configured itsauxil

A-1Calculating Page Lenght Using Printer Colon File Escape SequenceAppendix A. Calculating Page Length Using PrinterColon File Escape SequencesThe pri

A-2Guide to Printers and PrintingThe next %t finds a 1 on the stack and so the then clause, %GwJ, is resolved before anymore work is done on resolving

A-3Calculating Page Lenght Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequence %G_Q PUSH: (PAPER SIZE override for input paper source) %Pq PO

A-4Guide to Printers and PrintingThe calculation of wJ begins by pushing the value of _Q, the paper size override for theinput paper source, onto the

A-5Calculating Page Lenght Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequence %? <IF> %CO PUSH: (1 If –O Flag on Command Line; Other

1-19Printing OverviewPrinting ASCII files on a PostScript printerThe Text Formatting System includes the enscript filter for converting ASCII print fi

A-6Guide to Printers and PrintingThe %gq fetches the stored value of _Q from the internal variable q, and pushes it onto thestack. The %{1} pushes ano

A-7Calculating Page Lenght Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequence5. %& – Pops the top two values (two 1 s) off the stack, performs a bitwise AND

A-8Guide to Printers and Printing34.%d – Pops the 2400 off the stack and returns it, in ASCII format, to the in–porgresscalculation of _l.35.%G_v – Pu

A-9Calculating Page Lenght Using Printer Colon File Escape SequenceThe escape sequences defining Wu say this:• Case 1: If the O flag was not used on t

A-10Guide to Printers and Printingu value of 3 will direct the process into the else piece of the outer if–then–else statement,and the Q value of 3 wi

B-1Calculatin Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape SequenceAppendix B. Calculating Page Width Using PrinterColon File Escape SequencesThe printe

B-2Guide to Printers and Printing %? <IF> %G_z PUSH: (Page ORIENTATION) %{1} PUSH: (Integer Constant 1) %&am

B-3Calculatin Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequence %G_Q PUSH: (PAPER SIZE override for input paper source) %Pq POP

B-4Guide to Printers and PrintingThe calculation of wK begins by pushing the value of _Q, the paper size override for theinput paper source, onto the

B-5Calculatin Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequencenumbered steps correspond to the numbers on the left side of the columns in the figur

1-20Guide to Printers and PrintingThe following is a list of examples of how these qrpt command flags can be used:• To send the ACSII file myfile.asci

B-6Guide to Printers and Printing17.%t – Pops the 0 off the stack and, because it is a FALSE (zero) value, calls for theevaluation of %GWu.18.%GWu – T

B-7Calculatin Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequence47.%d – Pops the 128 off the stack and returns it, in ASCII format, to the in–progres

B-8Guide to Printers and Printing• Case 3: If the O flag was used on the command line and its value was 1, and the u flagwas not used on the command l

B-9Calculatin Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequencereturned to the evaluation of wQ. The 4 will cause wQ to be assigned the value of s4

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X-1IndexIndexSymbols/etc/qconfig file structure, 3-16Numbers5080 Attachment Adapter, 2-10Aadapter, transparent printing, 7-1ASCII terminal, configurin

X-2AIX 5L Version 5.1 Guide to Printers and PrintingIIBM printers, 4-56iconv subroutine, 4-39LLDAPconfigure server, 6-44configure storage, 6-44Lexmark

X-3Indexqdaemon problems, 5-14queuing system, 5-15remote printer checklist, 5-4terminal–attached printer checklist, 5-12printer/plotter device, defini

X-4AIX 5L Version 5.1 Guide to Printers and Printingreleasing a print job, 1-14starting a print job, 1-10smit mount command, 5-11split command, 5-10sp

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1-21Printing OverviewAutomating the conversion of ASCII to PostScriptMany applications that generate PostScript print files follow the convention of m

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1-22Guide to Printers and PrintingOverriding automatic determination of print file typesYou might need to override the automatic determination of prin

1-23Printing OverviewCommand summary for printing cancel Cancels requests to a line printer. lp Sends requests to a line printer. lpq Examines the spo

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2-1Printing AdministrationChapter 2. Printing AdministrationWhen working with printers, system administrators must manage a spooler, real printers,vir

2-2Guide to Printers and PrintingTo do this, set the print queue data stream to passthru (that is, d=p). For moreinformation, see Printer Colon File C

2-3Printing AdministrationInitial printer configurationYou can use one process to configure a printer and another process to add a print queue.The tas

2-4Guide to Printers and PrintingViewing print queues and associated virtual printersTo view a list of print queues and their associated virtual print

2-5Printing AdministrationConfiguring a remote printer and adding a queueUse the following procedure if you want to configure a remote printer in addi

2-6Guide to Printers and PrintingConfiguring a print queue for a file in the /dev directoryse the following procedure if you want to configure a print

2-7Printing AdministrationConfiguring a printer without adding a queueUse the following procedure if you want to add a printer or plotter, but you do

2-8Guide to Printers and PrintingPrint queue operationsThis section describes the following procedures:• Adding a print queue device on page 2-9• Ad

2-9Printing AdministrationAdding a print queue deviceUse the following procedure to add a print queue device.PrerequisitesTo perform this task, you mu

iiiPrefaceAbout This BookThis book provides users and system administrators with complete information about how toperform such tasks as printing files

2-10Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding plotter support with 5080se the following procedure to add plotter support.Prerequisites• The plotter must be

2-11Printing AdministrationCreating a plotter setup fileTo send plot files to the plotter, you need a special file containing the instructions for the

2-12Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding a local printer to an existing queueUse the following procedure to add a local printer to an existing queue.P

2-13Printing AdministrationAdding an ASCII terminal printer to an existing queueUse the following procedure to add an ASCII terminal printer to an exi

2-14Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding an HP JetDirect printer to an existing queueUse the following procedure to add an HP JetDirect printer to an

2-15Printing AdministrationAdding a file to an existing queueUse the following procedure to add a file to an existing queue.PrerequisitesTo perform th

2-16Guide to Printers and PrintingConfiguring nonsupported printersA nonsupported printer is a device that is not supplied with the operating system.T

2-17Printing AdministrationWiring nonsupported printersYou may need to adapt your nonsupported printer so that it functions properly with the baseoper

2-18Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinting with terminal–attached printersMany asynchronous ASCII terminals have an auxiliary (AUX) port that can be u

2-19Printing Administration– IBM 4208 Model 2 Proprinter XL24E– IBM 4247 Printer– IBM 5204 Quickwriter– IBM 6400 Printer– IBM InfoPrint 40 Printer– IB

ivGuide to Printers and Printing

2-20Guide to Printers and Printing– Lexmark 2390 Plus Printer (Model 3)– Lexmark 2391 Plus Printer (Model 3)– Lexmark 4039 Plus LaserPrinter– Lexmark

2-21Printing AdministrationInstalling the physical ASCII terminalTo install the physical ASCII terminal:1. Review all relevant installation planning i

2-22Guide to Printers and PrintingConfiguring a virtual printer and print queueTo configure your terminal–attached printer into the print spooling sub

2-23Printing AdministrationConfiguring a printer for an ASCII display terminalPrerequisitesThe following prerequisites must be true to configure a pri

2-24Guide to Printers and PrintingTerminal–attached printing limitationsConsider the following limitations when configuring terminal–attached printers

2-25Printing AdministrationCommands and control sequencesThis section includes the following topics:• Terminfo database on page 2-25• Adding support

2-26Guide to Printers and PrintingNative, 8–port, 16–port, and third–party controllersNative port (S1 or S2), 8–port, and 16–port controllers do not p

2-27Printing AdministrationManaging print queues and print queue devicesThis section includes the following topics:• Listing print queues and print q

2-28Guide to Printers and PrintingListing print queues and print queue devicesThe following procedures apply to both local and remote print queues, as

2-29Printing AdministrationShowing status of print queuesUse the Web–based System Manager to perform this task.Web–based System Manager1. At the syste

vPrefaceContentsAbout This Book iii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hig

2-30Guide to Printers and PrintingStarting and stopping a print queuePrerequisitesTo perform these tasks, you must have root authority.To start a queu

2-31Printing AdministrationSetting the default print queuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• A user with root autho

2-32Guide to Printers and PrintingHolding and releasing print jobsPrerequisitesTo hold or release a print job, you must be one of the following:• Prin

2-33Printing AdministrationMoving a print job between queuesPrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• The print job owner•

2-34Guide to Printers and PrintingScheduling print jobsUse the SMIT fast path to perform the following tasks.PrerequisitesYour root user login name mu

2-35Printing AdministrationChanging or showing queue characteristicsPrerequisitesThe following procedures apply to both local and remote print queues

2-36Guide to Printers and PrintingDeleting a print queueThe following procedures apply to both local and remote print queues.Prerequisites• For local

2-37Printing AdministrationOther printer administration tasksThis section includes the following topics:• Specifying paper size on page 2-38• Changi

2-38Guide to Printers and PrintingSpecifying paper sizePrerequisitesThe print queue must already be configured.Web–based System ManagerTo specify the

2-39Printing AdministrationChanging or showing printer connection propertiesPrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• A us

viGuide to Printers and PrintingChapter 2. Printing Administration 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pr

2-40Guide to Printers and PrintingChanging or showing pre–processing filtersThis procedure describes how to change or show the command strings that yo

2-41Printing AdministrationListing all supported and defined printersTo list all supported printers:At the system prompt, enter wsm, and then select P

2-42Guide to Printers and PrintingMoving printers to another portPrerequisites• The printer must be physically attached to your system.• You must have

2-43Printing AdministrationChanging or showing printer propertiesPrerequisiteA printer must have been added.Web–based System Manager1. At the system p

2-44Guide to Printers and PrintingDeleting printersThis procedure removes a printer from the system. Deleting a printer does not remove anyprint queue

2-45Printing AdministrationShowing status of printer server subsystemUse the SMIT fast path to perform this task.smit command1. At the system prompt,

2-46Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter queuing system status conditionsIf a printer or device is added as a tty device, the queuing system looks fo

2-47Printing AdministrationOPR_WAITSpecifies that the backend program is waiting for the operator to perform atask, such as loading paper. This is usu

2-48Guide to Printers and PrintingRemote printing overviewRemote printing allows different computers to share printers. To use remote printingfaciliti

2-49Printing AdministrationAs the preceding example shows, any print jobs currently running or queued are displayedin the remote print server entry fo

viiPrefaceVerifying terminal output 2-21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the physi

2-50Guide to Printers and Printing startsrc Starts a subsystem, group of subsystems, or a subserver. stopsrc Stops a subsystem, group of subsystems, o

2-51Printing AdministrationManaging and using remote printers and queuesTo print to a remote system, you must set up a remote queue on the local syste

2-52Guide to Printers and Printing/usr/lpd/attshort Filter used to translate ATT lpstat commandoutput (short form) when the remote print server isan A

2-53Printing AdministrationUsing remote host access for printingPrerequisites• Your system must be configured to communicate as a remote print server.

2-54Guide to Printers and PrintingDeleting a remote hostTo delete a remote host:1. At the system prompt, enter wsm, and then select Printers.2. In the

2-55Printing AdministrationUsing the lpd remote subsystemPrerequisites• Your system must be configured to communicate with a remote print server. See

2-56Guide to Printers and Printing

3-1Spooler OverviewChapter 3. Spooler OverviewThe job of the spooler, also called the queuing system, is to manage printer use, especiallyon systems t

3-2Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler IntroductionBecause the backend piobe, used to process print jobs on local queues, is the mostcommonly used a

3-3Spooler OverviewSpooler ConceptsThe following terms relate to the spooler overview.Formatter FiltersA formatter filter is part of the pipeline crea