User`s guide

Chapter 7:The Printer Set-up Window
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Printer Selection
Available printers fall into three categories:
1. Direct Bus Printers -printers attached locally either via SCSI or GPIB
2. PostShop Printers - supported printers (either local or remote) via any print
queues served by PostShop,
3. Postscript Printers - local or remote Postscript-capable printers
DIRECT BUS PRINTERS
As long as these printers are supported by ScanShop and ScanShop is licensed
for printing, these printers should appear in the list. You can use Show All
Devices in the GUI to check to see if the printer is supported and opened.
POSTSHOP PRINTERS
If the printer is local, it should appear in the list automatically. If the printer is
remote, you will need to insert a line of the form
# vvprint config_file=<configuration file>
into the printer configuration file. The configuration file will be /etc/printcap on
BSD based systems (SunOS 4.x, DEC/OSF1) and the interface file for SVR4
based systems (Solaris 2, SGI, HPUX). The interface file will usually be found
at /usr/spool/lp/interface/<queue name>, though on Solaris it will be at
/etc/lp/interfaces/<queue name> (Note: For remote queues on Solaris, the file
will not exist and needs to be created). Please refer to the PostShop Users
Manual.
POSTSCRIPT PRINTERS
In most cases, the printer should appear in the list automatically. The exception
is the case of a remote printer on an SVR4 system where the interfaces script is
not created automatically (i.e. Solaris). In this case, one can simply create the file
by typing:
touch /etc/lp/interfaces/<queue name>
Click on the Printer menu button to see all your available printers. If you have no
supported printers connected, the first item in the box will say “No Printers
Available”. The last item will always be “show all devices”.