HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

94 Chapter5
Creating/Configuring Supervisors and Physical Printers
Creating and Configuring Physical Printers
You use the following attributes to create a physical printer. Other
attributes are defined in pd_att_phy_ptr(5).
Attribute Description
associated-queue This attribute identifies the queue
that schedules the jobs to the
physical printer. You can specify the
associated-queue attribute when
you create the physical printer or use
the pdset command to set the value
after you create the physical printer.
See “Creating and Configuring
Queues” in Chapter 6 for instructions
on how to create the queue.
attachment-type This attribute identifies the type of
interface between the printer and the
supervisor. The following values are
valid:
• serial (RS-232)
• parallel
• tcpip (Jet-Direct card TCP port
9100, 9101, or 9102)
• tcpip-bsd (Network Printer with
RFC1179 protocol)
tcpip-bsd — printer-model
— internet-address
— print-queue-name
lp-spool-hp, lp-spool-bsd — printer-model (optional)
— internet-address
— print-queue-name
Table 5-1 Summary of Key Attributes According to attachment-type
attachment-type values Required Attributes