Configuring HP-UX For Peripherals

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Conﬁguring Printers and Plotters

Moving a Printer or Plotter

To move a printer or plotter, ﬁrst remove it and then add it to your

conﬁguration. This sample procedure demonstrates attaching a printer

to a different interface card.

Step 1. Notify users that you are moving the printer or plotter.

Step 2. If you have customized it, copy the /etc/lp/interface/

printer_name

to a temporary location.

cp /etc/lp/interface/laserjet /etc/lp/interface/laserjet_old

Step 3. Remove the printer or plotter from the LP spooler by following the

procedure for "Removing a Printer or Printer Class using HP-UX

Commands" detailed in the chapter, "Managing Printers and Printer

Output" of the Managing Systems and Workgroups manual.

Step 4. Execute /usr/sbin/ioscan to identify the printer or plotter's hardware

address, which you are going to change.

Step 5. Turn off, unplug, and disconnect the printer or plotter.

Step 6. Reset the switches on the printer or plotter, if necessary, and attach the

device to the new hardware location.

Step 7. Execute ioscan again. ioscan reports the new address and indicates

under S/W State that no hardware is present at the old printer address.

HP-UX automatically creates a device ﬁle to access the printer except:

• If you are conﬁguring a printer to a serial port: Create the device

special ﬁle by following the instructions in the section “Creating a

Device Special File for a Printer or Plotter Conﬁgured to a Serial

Port”.

• If you are conﬁguring a plotter: Force HP-UX to recognize the plotter

at the new address by following the instructions in “Conﬁguring a

Plotter or other Non-Automatically Conﬁgurable Output Devices

Using HP-UX Commands”.

Next, conﬁgure the LP spooler to recognize the printer or plotter at its

new location by consulting the chapter, "Managing Printers and Printer

Output" in the Managing Systems and Workgroups manual.