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set up the port in advance. If you do specify printer-baud-rate, the
supervisor sets the other attributes to values you specified or to the values
listed in Table 6–3, if the attributes are initially empty.
Table 6–3: Serial Port Parameter Values
Attribute Values Default Value
printer-baud-rate
300, 1200, 2400, 4800,
9600, 19200, 38400,
57600, 115200
Uses the physical port
settings.
printer-data-bits
5, 6, 7, 8 8
printer-stop-bits
0, 1, 2 1
printer-input-flow-control none, xoff, dtr xoff
printer-output-flow-control none, xoff, dtr xoff
printer-parity none, even, odd, mark,
space
none
6.2.1.5 Setting the TCP/IP Port Number
Connecting to a TCP/IP socket connection requires knowing the
port number that the printer uses to communicate. The attribute
printer-tcpip-port-number causes the supervisor to use the specified
port number when connecting to a printer on an ip-socket connection.
If you specify the port number as part of the printer-address attribute,
then that port number overrides the printer-tcpip-port-number
attribute value. Printer attribute files include the printer-tcpip-port-
number attribute whenever a printer has a prevailing network connection
option, such as HP JetDirect printers.
Attribute Valid Values Default
printer-tcpip-port-number
1 - 65535 9100
6.2.1.6 Using Unsupported Printers
If your printer is not supported and a printer attribute file (PAF) is not
supplied, and if you know the primary document format or the printer
language of the printer device, use one of the generic files.
Generic PAF files are located in /usr/pd/share/cap for printers
that accept PostScript, ANSI, PCL, and HP-GL data. The generic PAF
files describe a minimal configuration with no options installed. Set
the appropriate xxx-supported and xxx-ready attributes for options
such as, duplex, additional input trays, output or finishing options, to make
them available to users.
6–8 Creating and Managing Queues and Printers