User`s guide

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Guide to Printers and Printing
wsm printers
In the Web-based System Manager Print Queues container, use the menus to complete
the steps to configure a printer device and one or more print queues. You can also
perform this step with the SMIT fast path smit mkpq.
Note: If the printer supports more than one type of print data, such as PostScript and
ASCII, enter a print queue name for each print data type.
Note: Before choosing a 7–bit interface, see ”Considerations for 8–Bit Printer Attached to
7–Bit Interface”, on page 5-7.
3. After the printer and print queues are sucessfully created, their names are displayed. Be
sure to note any error messages before you exit.
4. Type wsm printers. Use the Print Queues menus to customize the new print queue.
You can also perform this step with the SMIT fast path smit chpq.
Configuring a Remote Printer and Adding a Queue
Prerequisites
The remote host must be configured as a print server.
Procedure
1. At the system prompt, type:
wsm printers
In the Web-based System Manager Print Queues container, use the menus to complete
the steps to configure a print queue for a printer attached to a remote host. You can also
perform this step with the SMIT fast path smit mkpq.
2. After the print queues are successfully created, their names are displayed. Be sure to
note any error messages before you exit.
3. Type wsm printers. Use the Print Queues menus to customize the new print queue.
You can also perform this step with the SMIT fast path smit chpq.
Configuring an Xstation Printer and Adding a Print Queue
You can attach several printers and plotters to serial ports on the Xstation 130, 140 or 150,
and one printer or plotter to the serial port on the Xstation 120. You can also attach printers
to a parallel port. Printer queues on hosts can access the printer through the same network
connection used by an Xwindow environment.
To configure a printer, ensure that your system meets the prerequisite conditions, then
create a printer or plotter queue to spool to the Xstation. After you add the queue, you can
submit print or plot jobs to the queue using the qprt command, the lp command, the lpr
command, or the enq command.
Prerequisites
To set up a print queue, you must meet the following conditions:
• Root user permission to add the print queue.
• An Xstation that the printer is connected to.
• You may need to set up the printer. See your printer manual for instructions.
• Before you begin, you should know how to connect the printer to a parallel or serial port
on the Xstation. On an Xstation 120, one serial port and one parallel port are available.
On an Xstation 130, an optional serial port fan–out cable provides one additional serial
port, and a IBM PS/2 Dual Async Adapter/A provides two additional serial ports. On an
Xstation 140 or Xstation 150, an optional serial port fan–out cable provides one additional
serial port.