System information
Red Book for AIX Rel. 7.0 and 8.0
98 © 2006 Intuit Inc. All rights reserved.
In the Name of Queue on remote server field, select the name, depending on the device:
• pcl1 – Extended Systems Devices on port 1.
• pcl2 – Extended Systems Devices on port 2.
• lp# – Jet Direct Card (where # is the number of the printer).
• pclnf1 – Dot Matrix printer not form feeding.
8. In the Description of printer on remote server field, enter lp#.
9. In the Backend TIME OUT period (minutes) field, enter 999.
Putting 999 in this field insures that you have 999 minutes before your printer times out
and goes into a DOWN status as indicated by the command: lpstat.
10. Press Enter to submit your changes and return to the previous menu.
11. Press 0 while holding down the Esc key (Esc+0) to return to the system prompt.
To set up the printer in UniVerse:
1. At the system prompt (#), enter the following command to display the UniVerse System
Administration screen:
su - uv
Note: If the system displays the UniVerse prompt (>) prompt, type login to
display the UniVerse System Administration screen.
2. Select Spooler Management > Device Management > Maintain Devices to display the
Maintain Devices screen.
3. In the Printer Name field, enter lp# (where # is the number of the printer).
4. In the Unix Pathname field, enter /dev/null.
5. In the Driver field, enter lp#.dvr (where # is the number of the printer).
Select Yes when prompted that the driver does not exist.
6. In the Lock file 1 field, enter lock.lp# (where # is the number of the printer).
7. Answer appropriately when prompted “Do you wish to go back and change any of your
answers?”
8. Select Yes when prompted “Do you wish to save your changes?”
9. Select Yes when prompted “Do you want to Reread the Spooler Configuration files?”
10. Press Enter to close when prompted “Spooler Configuration files have been reread.”
11. Press Esc twice to log out of Maintain Devices and return to the UniVerse prompt (>).
12. At the UniVerse prompt (>), type q, and press Enter to return to the system prompt (#).