User`s guide

The AXEL Proprietary Network Servers
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74 TCP/IP AXEL Platine Terminal
a) Using a Printer
The most common requirement is to declare a printer attached to the Platine
terminal. This printer can be added using the UNIX System Management Tool.
Note: a printer can also be created or removed through options 4 and 6 of the
AXEL utility. Use these options only when the printer device is a named pipe
and use the UNIX System Management Tool when the printer device is a
pseudo-terminal.
Note: on Solaris 1 and 2, a system printer may only be attached to a pseudo-
terminal, not to a named pipe.
b) Other uses
Peripherals, other than simple printers, can be attached to the Platine terminal.
For example, bi-directional peripherals such as PostScript printers, touch
screens and serial terminals, can be controlled through the ttyd AXEL server.
These peripherals may be monitored in a totally standard manner, because
they are accessed through a device.
8.3.2 - IBM AIX: Platine/Printer Association
Under IBM AIX, the /etc/axconf main menu is displayed as follows:
1) Help
2) Show the Current Configuration
DAEMON Monitoring
3) Add a Platine/Device Association
4) Add a System Printer
5) Remove a Platine/Device Association
6) Remove a System Printer
PIOBE Monitoring
7) Add a Platine/Printer Association
8) Remove a Platine/Printer Association
9) Quit