Specifications

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Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming
parameter (for example /dev/fd1 ) is needed only if the diskette device is not /dev/fd0,
the standard 3.5–inch diskette drive.
Note: If Greek or Turkish fonts have been installed, you must enter the following to
download the fonts whenever the printer is turned off and on:
splp –F! xxx
where xxx is the device name of the printer, such as lp0. This instructs the system to
download the Greek or Turkish font to the printer.
IBM 4208–502, IBM 5572–B02, IBM 5573–H02, and IBM 5579–H02/K02
The Japanese and Proprinter data streams are supported. To print Japanese characters,
specify 24x24 dot font with the –F option on the qprt command, as follows:
qprt –Pkji –F/usr/lib/X11/fonts/JP/IBM_JPN17.pcf.Z file
IBM 4216 Personal Page Printer, Model 031
The switches on the back of the printer must be set for automatic emulation switching, as
specified in Appendix B of the Personal Page Printer II Model 031 Guide to Operations
manual.
The system selects the PostScript, Proprinter XL emulation, PCL emulation, or Diablo 630
emulation without manual intervention.
ASCII files can also be printed using the PostScript data stream.
If you attach the printer to a serial port, you may need to send a special PostScript file to the
printer to establish the baud rate, parity, and protocol for the printer. The Personal Page
Printer II Model 031 Guide to Operations manual contains a sample file.
Print queues for the Proprinter XL, PCL emulation, and Diablo 630 emulations check the
first two characters of each print file. If the first two characters are %!, the file is assumed to
be a PostScript file, and the virtual printer for PostScript is used instead of the virtual printer
implied by the print queue name. If you have not configured a print queue for PostScript, the
print job will fail.
If you want to print a PostScript file as an ASCII file instead of a PostScript file, specify the
–da flag and parameter with the qprt command when you submit the print job for the IBM
Proprinter XL, PCL emulation, or Diablo 630 emulations.
IBM 4216–510 and IBM 5327–011
The Japanese data stream is supported. To print Japanese characters, specify 24x24 dot
font with the –F option on the qprt command. as follows:
qprt –Pkji –F/usr/lib/X11/fonts/JP/IBM_JPN17.pcf.Z file
IBM 4234 Printer
The system assumes that the appropriate character set (printed language) has been
selected from the printer’s control panel. See the section on setting a printed language in
the printer’s operating instructions manual.
If the selected character set is not 02 (PC Multilingual):
1. Enter the SMIT fast path:
smit chpq
2. Select the appropriate print queue, and then select Printer Setup on the Change/Show
Characteristics menu.
3. Select the character set for the PRINTED LANGUAGE attribute.