Configuring HP-UX For Peripherals

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Conﬁguring Printers and Plotters

Conﬁguring a Printer Using HP-UX Commands

Conﬁguring a Printer Using HP-UX

Commands

First conﬁgure the software for the operating system. Then, if necessary,

bring down the system to install hardware. When you reboot, HP-UX will

automatically bind the drivers to the peripherals it ﬁnds.

Step 1. Consult the tables in “Selecting Device Drivers for Your Printer or

Plotter” to identify which drivers need to be present in your kernel for

HP-UX to communicate through the intended interface with the printer.

Step 2. Execute /usr/sbin/lsdev -d

printer_driver

to see whether the

driver is already in the kernel. If it is, you might see output resembling

the following (shown for a Series 700 parallel interface):

/usr/sbin/lsdev -d CentIf

Character Block Driver Class

216 -1 CentIf ext_bus

For a Series 800 parallel interface, executing /usr/sbin/lsdev

-d lpr2 might show similar output, but the character major number is

181. In both Series 700 and 800 systems, the interface class is ext_bus.

Step 3. Determine how much additional conﬁguration is needed for the printer

by invoking the command, /usr/sbin/ioscan

-fn -d

printer_driver

• If the necessary drivers are already present in the kernel, the

ioscan output of a Series 700 might resemble this:

/usr/sbin/ioscan -fn -d CentIf

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

=============================================================

ext_bus 1 2/0/6 CentIf CLAIMED INTERFACE Built-in Parallel Interface

/dev/c1t0d0_lp