Technical data

The generic files do not specify network port information. If the printer
has a network connection, set the printer-connection-level,
printer-connection-method, and printer-tcpip-port-number
attributes and specify the printer-address. See for information on how
to set the printer-address.
To create a physical printer without a printer attribute file, specify the
printer-model with the pdcreate command:
# pdcreate -c printer -x printer-model=’"XL9000"’ my_sup:my_pp
The printer model name does not affect the way the physical printer object
behaves.
Use the pdset command to specify the values for the following attributes:
native-document-formats-ready
document-formats-supported
document-formats-ready
printer-address
associated-queue
See the Advanced Printing Software Command Reference Guide for valid
values and descriptions of the attributes.
6.2.2 Examples for Creating Physical Printers
The following examples show how to create physical printers:
• To create the physical printer dec5100 controlled by blue_sup and
associated with the queue production_q:
# pdcreate -c printer \
-X Digital_DEClaser5100_Level2PS.paf \
-x printer-address=61.140.16.20 \
-x associated-queue=production_q \
blue_sup:dec5100
• To create the physical printer highcap for the Lexmark 4039 10plus
Level 2 PS printer on the supervisor red_supr with printer address
/dev/pts/1, associated queuemail_qand with large-capacity
as an additional value for the input-trays-supported and
input-trays-ready attributes:
# pdcreate -c printer \
-X LXK_4039plus_Level2PS.paf \
-x printer-address=/dev/pts/1 \
-x associated-queue=mail_q \
-x input-trays-supported+=large-capacity \
-x input-trays-ready+=large-capacity \
red_sup:lxk4039
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