Printronix P9012 User's Guide

Bull Guide to Printers and PrintingAIX86 A2 37JX 02ORDER REFERENCE

viiiGuide to Printers and Printing

3-14Guide to Printers and Printingargv[0] is the name of the backend itself, as usual. Note that the –Pasc, which specifies thequeue name, was parsed

3-15Spooler OverviewVirtual Printers and Formatter Filters When the spooler queue backend is piobe, the formatter filter is normally the next–to–lastp

3-16Guide to Printers and PrintingThe pioformat command expects to be able to call, if necessary, five subroutines;pioformat by itself does not contai

3-17Spooler Overview/etc/qconfig, the Spooler Configuration File /etc/qconfig File Structure /etc/qconfig is the most important file in the spooler do

3-18Guide to Printers and PrintingFollowing the tab–indented lines, the qdaemon must find the word that is the value of thedevice parameter followed b

3-19Spooler Overviewps: device = lp1lp1: file = /dev/lp1 header = never trailer = never access = both backen

3-20Guide to Printers and PrintingSummaryThe Spooler Data Flow Summary figure summarizes the high–level flow of a spooler printjob through the AIX spo

4-1Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingChapter 4. Printer, Plotter, and Spooler SubsystemProgrammingThis section discusses:• Printer Ba

4-2Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Backend Overview for ProgrammingThe AIX printer backend receives and processes print requests from a spooler,

4-3Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Backend Data FlowThe primary purpose of a backend is to send characters to a device, usu

ixPrefaceAbout This BookThis book contains information for understanding the print process as well as providingprinter configurations.Note: You can al

4-4Guide to Printers and PrintingVirtual Printer Definitions and AttributesA virtual printer definition is a file that pairs the attributes or charact

4-5Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingnames must not begin with a numeral. All attribute names must be two characters long,except for

4-6Guide to Printers and PrintingName Description Value_ _FLG VALUES THAT MAY BE OVERRIDDEN WITH FLAGS ON

4-7Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingSome typical _ _SYS attributes for a supported PostScript laser printer are:_ _SYS OTHER VALUES

4-8Guide to Printers and Printing_ _IDS PIPELINES FOR INPUT DATA STREAMS (2 char, 1st=”i”, 2nd=data stream name)ia Pipeline for Input Data

4-9Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingFilter Flag AttributesAttributes grouped under the _ _FIL group header attribute store command s

4-10Guide to Printers and Printingfiles containing header and trailer page text, downloadable font files, and temporary files.The first character in a

4-11Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming_ _MIS MISCELLANEOUSmA Printer Data Stream Description PostScriptmD Nam

4-12Guide to Printers and PrintingThe colon file stores these same values as::062:_ _WKV:::472:w7::%?%S_s%”Courier”%=%tCourier–Bold%e%S_s%”Times–Roman

4-13Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingEscape Sequences AttributesEscape sequence attributes begin with the letter e and are grouped u

xGuide to Printers and PrintingISO 9000ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and manufacturing ofthis product.Related Publi

4-14Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Colon File Escape Sequences Embedded references and logic for attribute values in the printer backend’s data

4-15Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming%Dxx Downloads to the printer the contents of the file whose full path name isspecified by the

4-16Guide to Printers and PrintingInternal Variables:Internal variables a through z are integer variables for use by %P, %Z, and %g. They areinitializ

4-17Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingNote: The first value to be popped off the stack is the last one to be pushed onto the stack,an

4-18Guide to Printers and PrintingLoops%wx While loop. Whenever a matching %; is reached, the value of theinternal variable x (x can be a through z) i

4-19Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming%vxy or %v[...] Similar to %fxy and %f[ . . . ], but used only in the command string forthe pio

4-20Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Colon File Conventions Printer and printer data stream attributes reside in colon files. Colon files reside

4-21Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingAttribute NamesThe following conventions have been established for virtual printer attribute na

4-22Guide to Printers and PrintingThe following attribute names are used for communicating from the piobe command (theprint job manager) to the pioout

4-23Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingSuggested Attribute NamesSuggested attribute names are names that are assumed by many formatter

1-1Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersChapter 1. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overviewfor UsersDepending on the printer, you can c

4-24Guide to Printers and PrintingLimits FieldThe limits field in the colon file contains two types of information. SMIT dialog informationand validat

4-25Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingExample of Print Formatter This example shows how print formatters can interact with the docume

4-26Guide to Printers and Printing/* TABLE OF ATTRIBUTE VALUES */struct attrparms attrtable[] = { /*name data type lookup address of pointer */”_b”

4-27Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programminglineout(fileptr) /*** Format a Line ***/FILE *fileptr;{int ch, charcount = 0;for (ch = 0; ch

4-28Guide to Printers and PrintingUnderstanding the Interaction between qdaemon and theBackendBesides reading files and writing to devices, a backend

4-29Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinting Extra CopiesThe enq –N command prints extra copies of a file. For example, to print fi

4-30Guide to Printers and PrintingEXITFATAL The job could not be finished because of a problem in the devicethat requires manual intervention. The qd

4-31Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingMessage FormatEach message sent by the printer backend consists of a message header frame, zero

4-32Guide to Printers and Printing and assigns the first variable parameter pointer to the eighth parameter, the secondvariable parameter pointer to t

4-33Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingUnderstanding Backend Routines in libqb This article defines the set of library routines that t

1-2Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter TerminologyThe following defines terms commonly used with printing.Print JobA print job is a unit of work to

4-34Guide to Printers and Printingget_was_idle() Returns TRUE if the printer was idle at job beginning (useful forpaper feed: feed/no feed).Returns th

4-35Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Code Page Translation Tables Translation of code points in the print file to code point

4-36Guide to Printers and PrintingBy convention, the printer command string’s 2–character attribute name is at index 0 in theCommand Names array. If t

4-37Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe Ti and To attributes in the printer–dependent colon files define the possible flow of thetr

4-38Guide to Printers and PrintingThe qprt –F flag specifies a font. The full path name, font alias, or the Xwindow LogicalFunction Description (XLFD)

4-39Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter Code Page Translation for Multibyte Code Sets Multibyte code set (MBCS) translation fro

4-40Guide to Printers and PrintingFor example, to print an MBCS file that was written with a new code set on an IBM–943printer follow these steps:1. C

4-41Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingTranslation Table Example #include <fcntl.h>struct trans_table /*Translation

4-42Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Attachment FilesAttachment files provide a simple interface for developers of printer attachments to createS

4-43Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingStructure of Attachment FilesAttachment files are ASCII files. Each line in an attachment file

1-3Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersReal PrinterA real printer is the printer hardware attached to a serial or parallel port at a un

4-44Guide to Printers and PrintingAttachment File Field DefinitionsThe following field definitions detail the attachment type fields, formats for the

4-45Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingadd_printer Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in order toadd a printer to

4-46Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Colon File limits Field Operators The limits field in the colon file contains two types of information:• SM

4-47Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingFor example, if the limits field contained ’E#’ , the sm_cmd_opt object class entry_type fiel

4-48Guide to Printers and PrintingDisplay OperatorsC Defines how multiple flags relate within the SMIT dialog, how the options for theflags are displ

4-49Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingField Characteristics OperatorsE Controls the entry_type field of the sm_cmd_opt object. The p

4-50Guide to Printers and PrintingF Allows control of the cmd_to_list_mode field of the sm_cmd_opt object. Thecmd_to_list_mode field specifies how m

4-51Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingM Specifies a multi–select list which allows users to select more than one valuefrom a given l

4-52Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding Support for Configuring a Network–Attached PrinterNote: The information in this article is provided for backw

4-53Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingshows the statement types, and the fields they support. An x (ex) indicates that thestatement s

1-4Guide to Printers and PrintingStarting a Print Job (qprt Command)Use the qprt, or smit commands to request a print job and specify the following: •

4-54Guide to Printers and Printinggotolabel Specifies the label of the statement to branch to after executing thisstatement.• For M statements, specif

4-55Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingreserved2 Reserved for future use.pipeline Specifies a shell command to execute. Specifically:•

4-56Guide to Printers and PrintingPromptsPrompts can be constructed using the V statement plus one or more v statements tovalidate the response. After

4-57Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingAdding a Printer Using the Printer Colon File Prerequisite Tasks or Conditions• The printer mus

4-58Guide to Printers and Printing%Sxx Pushes a pointer to the current string value for the xx attribute onto the stack. Theonly operation that can be

4-59Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrinter–Specific Information The format and content of the header and trailer pages can be cust

4-60Guide to Printers and Printing• Lexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinter• Lexmark Optra Color 1200 Printer• Lexmark Optra Color 40 Printer• Lexmark Optra C

4-61Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingUsing SMIT”, on page 2-39 . To change paper size for a single print job, specify the –Q flagwit

4-62Guide to Printers and Printing2. Select the appropriate print queue and select Printer Setup on the Change/ShowCharacteristics menu. Specify yes i

4-63Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIBM Proprinter Models 4201–3, 4202–3, 4207–2, 4208–2If support for Greek or Turkish characters

1-5Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersSome useful qprt command flags are:–b Number Specifies the bottom margin. The bottom margin is

4-64Guide to Printers and Printingsmit chpq2. Select the appropriate print queue, then select Printer Setup on the Change/ShowCharacteristics menu.3.

4-65Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIBM Network Color PrinterThe predefined files on AIX Version 4.2.1 or later only supports the I

4-66Guide to Printers and Printingibmcolor_direct 1.03 or 1.1 controller code and 16MB of memory.ibmcolor_print 1.03 or 1.1 controller code and 32MB

4-67Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24 support the following output bins. The output binscan be

4-68Guide to Printers and Printing–e # Specifies staple and collation. The –e #option flag only works if a face–downfinisher bin is selected. See –= o

4-69Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–Q #Specifies paper size for the print job. The –Q options for the InfoPrint 20are:1 Letter2

4-70Guide to Printers and PrintingIBM InfoPrint 32 Printer–= # Type of Output Paper Handling.0 Default Printer Setting1 Main (Face Down)2 Face–up (

4-71Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–z #Rotates page printer output the number of quarter–turns clockwise as specified bythe Value

4-72Guide to Printers and PrintingIBM InfoPrint 40 Printer–= #Type of Output Paper Handling.0 Default Printer Setting1 Main (Face Down)2 Face–up (Rear

4-73Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming–Q #Specifies the paper size for the print job.1 Letter2 Legal3 Folio4 11x175 A46 B47 A38 Unive

1-6Guide to Printers and Printing–L OptionSpecifies whether lines wider than the page width should bewrapped to the next line or truncated at the righ

4-74Guide to Printers and PrintingTo print more lines per page than the line space allows (6 or 8 lines per inch), specify thenumber of lines per page

4-75Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingHewlett–Packard LaserJet 5Si and 5Si Mopier PrintersOutput Bins The base LaserJet 5Si and 5Si M

4-76Guide to Printers and PrintingHewlett–Packard LaserJet 8000 and 8500 Color PrintersOutput Bins The base LaserJet 8500 Color and LaserJet 8000 prin

4-77Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingNumber of Copies The LaserJet 8000 and 8500 Color printers support printing copiesinternal. Wit

4-78Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark 4227 Forms Printer Paper Source Paper source selection is supported by using the –u flag ofthe qprt command.

4-79Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Laser Printer Paper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the enhan

4-80Guide to Printers and PrintingPrint Resolution The Optra plus printer supports print resolution of 300, 600, and1200 dpi using the –q flag of the

4-81Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinter Paper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the e

4-82Guide to Printers and PrintingPrint Resolution The Optra Plus printer supports print resolution of 300, 600, and1200 dpi using the –q flag of the

4-83Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingCollation The Optra Plus printer supports collation of multiple copies of a printjob internally

1-7Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersFor example, to request the myfile file to be printed on the first available printerconfigured f

4-84Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using the qprt command flags,–O and –Q. The –O flag controls paper ve

4-85Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

4-86Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra Color 40 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL 5 emulationand the P

4-87Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

4-88Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra Color 45 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the PCL 5 emulationand the P

4-89Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

4-90Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra K 1220 PrinterPaper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the ”enhanced PCL (R)5e emulat

4-91Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using either one or both of theqprt command fla

4-92Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the –s flag for font name

4-93Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra C Color LaserPrinter Printing ColorFiles in PCL 5Emulation Mode To print color fi

1-8Guide to Printers and PrintingCanceling a Print Job (qcan Command) You can cancel any job in the print queue with the Web-based System Manager fast

4-94Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch Pitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the –s flag for font na

4-95Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra E LaserPrinter Paper SourcePaper source selection is supported for both the PCL 5

4-96Guide to Printers and PrintingPrint Resolution The Optra E printer supports print resolution of 300 and 600 dpiusing the –q flag of the qprt comma

4-97Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra N LaserPrinter Paper Source Paper source selection is supported for both the enha

4-98Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper Size Paper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of theqprt command. The –O flag controls paper

4-99Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

4-100Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparator PagesThe Optra N printer supports internally generated separator pages.This feature is controlled by the

4-101Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingStaplesThe –y option controls whether staples are desired or not. Onlycertain paper sizes are

4-102Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of theqprt command. The –O flag controls paper

4-103Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

1-9Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersPrioritizing a Print Job (qpri Command)You can change the priority of a job with the Web-based

4-104Guide to Printers and PrintingLexmark Optra M410 Laser PrinterPage RotationPage rotation selection is supported for the PCL 5e emulation byusing

4-105Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using either one or both of theqprt command fla

4-106Guide to Printers and PrintingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the –s flag for font na

4-107Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra Se Laser PrinterPage RotationPage rotation selection is supported for the PCL 5e

4-108Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of theqprt command. The –O flag controls paper

4-109Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and th

4-110Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparator Pages The –E flag controls separator pages. The valid values are 0, 1, 2,and 3, which represent NONE, BET

4-111Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra T Laser Printer FamilyPage RotationPage rotation selection is supported for the

4-112Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using –O and –Q flags of theqprt command. The –O flag controls paper

4-113Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and the

1-10Guide to Printers and PrintingMoving a Print Job to Another Print Queue (qmov Command)After you have sent a print job to a print queue, you may wa

4-114Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparator Pages The –E flag controls separator pages. The valid values are 0, 1, 2,and 3, which represent NONE, BET

4-115Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingLexmark Optra W810 Laser PrinterPage RotationPage rotation selection is supported for the PCL

4-116Guide to Printers and PrintingPaper SizePaper size selection is supported by using the –Q flag of the qprtcommand. The first five paper sizes are

4-117Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPitchPitch selection is supported for the PCL 5 emulation by using the –pflag for pitch and th

4-118Guide to Printers and PrintingSeparator PagesThe printer supports internally generated separator pages. Thisfeature is controlled by the –E flag

4-119Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingHole PunchThe Optra W810 printer supports this option if it has an optionalFinisher installed.

4-120Guide to Printers and PrintingPitch, Font, andQualityPitch selection is supported by using the –p flag for the pitch, the –sflag for font name, a

4-121Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrintronix P9012 Line Printer Only the Serial Matrix command set is supported. The P–series co

4-122Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinter Support Support for each printer is provided as a separately installable package. To see a list ofprinters

4-123Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming• Bull PR–90• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–A404PS/Lite• Canon LASER SHOT LBP–B406/S/D/E/G,A404/E,A304E

1-11Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersHolding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)After you have sent a print job to a print queu

4-124Guide to Printers and Printing• IBM 4202 Model 2 Proprinter II XL• IBM 4202 Model 3 Proprinter III XL• IBM 4207 Model 2 Proprinter X24E• IBM 4208

4-125Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming• Lexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinter• Lexmark Optra C Color LaserPrinter• Lexmark Optra E Color L

4-126Guide to Printers and PrintingPass–Through ModeBoth virtual printers and the printer device driver can operate, or function, either inpass–throug

4-127Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programmingand in other similar situations, it does not work with printers. Printers only print the dataw

4-128Guide to Printers and PrintingNote that input data streams such as PostScript are pass–through by definition; theprocessing is performed by the P

4-129Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingViewing, Formatting, or Modifying Virtual Printer DefinitionsAn IBM 4029 LaserPrinter supports

4-130Guide to Printers and PrintingName Description Value__FLG VALUES THAT MAY BE OVERRIDDEN WITH FLAGS

4-131Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingName Description Valueia ASCII

4-132Guide to Printers and Printing:056:__FLG:::625:CB:S[B]DyEn::626:CC:S[C]DyEn::627:CD:S[D]DyEn::628:CE:S[E]DyEn::629:CF:S[F]DyEn::630:CG:S[G]DyEn::

4-133Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming %Ide INCLUDE: (Directory Containing Miscellaneous Modules) ’/pioformat –@’ %Idd I

1-12Guide to Printers and PrintingChecking Print Job Status (qchk Command)You can display the current status information for specified job numbers, qu

4-134Guide to Printers and PrintingModifying the mi, mp, and _d Attributes on a PostScript QueueInput data stream attributes store the pipelines for d

4-135Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingHow piobe Uses Printer Colon Filespiobe has the ability to generate diagnostic output. A speci

4-136Guide to Printers and PrintingThe flags values used on the command line, a1, Pasc, fp, z1, p12, scourier, C, and N3,can be seen in the section of

4-137Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThese file virtual printer attributes are initialized by the piodigest command at the time the

4-138Guide to Printers and PrintingCalculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File EscapeSequencesThe printer colon file for an ASCII queue on an IBM

4-139Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingPrimary Page Width (–z 0) or Secondary Page Length (–z1), in pelswJ = %G_Q%Pq%?%GWu%{3}%<%t

4-140Guide to Printers and Printing %t <THEN> %{1149} PUSH: (Integer Constant 1149) %e <ELSE> %gq

4-141Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming %? <IF> %CO PUSH: (1 If –O Flag on Command Line; Otherwise 0) %t

4-142Guide to Printers and Printingvalue popped is less than the first value popped. 1 is less than 3, so a 1 is pushed onto thestack. The %t finds th

4-143Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435373638wL _l wJ wQ Wu%Cl0%I_l%G_z1

1-13Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersDEV_BUSY Indicates that:• More than one queue is defined to a printer device (lp0) and anotherq

4-144Guide to Printers and Printing19.%{1} – Pushes a 1 onto the stack.20.%= – Pops the two 1s off the stack, compares them for equality, and pushes t

4-145Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe first item checked in the evaluation of _l (page length) is page orientation (_z). As note

4-146Guide to Printers and Printing• s1 – paper size for tray 1 (upper)• s2 – paper size for tray 2 (lower)• s3 – envelope size for envelope feeder• s

4-147Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingCalculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File EscapeSequencesThe printer colon file for an A

4-148Guide to Printers and Printing %? <IF> %G_z PUSH: (Page ORIENTATION) %{1} PUSH: (Integer Constant 1) %&

4-149Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming %< PUSH: (pop2 < pop1 ?) %t <THEN> %? <IF>

4-150Guide to Printers and Printing %d POP –> ASCII String –> OUTPUTThe calculation of wK begins by pushing the value of _Q, the pape

4-151Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThe Calculation of Page Width figure depicts the stacks operations (as described above)used to

4-152Guide to Printers and Printing11.%CO – Pushes a 0 onto the stack since the O flag was not used on the command line.12.%t – Pops the 0 off the sta

4-153Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming41.%* – Pops the top two values (a10 and a 12) off the stack, multiplies them together, andpus

1-14Guide to Printers and PrintingFormatting Files for Printing (pr Command) The pr command performs simple formatting of the files you sent to be pri

4-154Guide to Printers and Printing• u – input paper source – 1 (primary), 2 (alternate), 3 (envelope) – default is primary.• Q – paper size for input

4-155Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingA u value of 3 will direct the process into the else piece of the outer if–then–else statement

4-156Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler Job Header and Trailer PagesThe pipelines for generating header and trailer pages are defined by the system

4-157Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingCustom Header PagesThe root user can create custom header pages for users by modifying the def

4-158Guide to Printers and Printing ’{ if test X”$MYHEADER” = X ; then ’ %Ide INCLUDE: (Directory Containing MiscellaneousModules) ’/pioburs

4-159Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingModifying the mo Virtual Printer AttributeAll virtual printer definitions contain an attribute

4-160Guide to Printers and PrintingChoose the file option, then choose a printer type. After you choose the IBM 4029LaserPrinter (or whatever is corre

4-161Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingIn general, the mo attribute in the virtual printer definition for a queue with piobe as theba

4-162Guide to Printers and PrintingFiltersVirtual printer definitions in both Version 3.2.5 and AIX Version 4. contain predefined andopen (undefined)

4-163Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingThese are the arguments qprt tried to pass to enq. You get to see them because qprt foundecho

1-15Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersThis prints prog.c with the title MAIN PROGRAM in place of the file name. The modificationdate

4-164Guide to Printers and PrintingSupposing that the application does not allow the insertion of carriage returns into the datastream, you can fix th

4-165Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem ProgrammingEditing /etc/qconfigThe /etc/qconfig configuration file can be edited with your text editor of

4-166Guide to Printers and Printing

5-1Spooler TroubleshootingChapter 5. Troubleshooting the AIX Spooler Use the information in the following checklists to help resolve printing problem

5-2Guide to Printers and PrintingLocal Printer Checklist • Verify that the qdaemon is running. Make sure there are no forked processes runningfrom the

5-3Spooler TroubleshootingInoperative Printer Checklist Check the following items for locally attached printers that have never worked:• Run the test

5-4Guide to Printers and PrintingRemote Printer Checklist Check the following items for the host acting as the remote print server:• Make sure that al

5-5Spooler TroubleshootingAdapter Considerations The 16–port RS–232 adapter does not support clear to send (CTS). A printer connected tothis adapter w

5-6Guide to Printers and PrintingTerminal–Attached Printer Checklist Check the following items when the printer attached to an ASCII terminal does not

5-7Spooler TroubleshootingConsiderations for 8–Bit Printer Attached to 7–Bit Interface Some printers assume an 8–bit (8 bits per byte) interface to th

1-16Guide to Printers and PrintingPrinting ASCII Files on a PostScript Printer The Text Formatting System includes the enscript filter for converting

5-8Guide to Printers and Printingqdaemon Checklist Under normal circumstances, the qdaemon command starts when the system starts, runsuntil the system

5-9Spooler TroubleshootingQueuing System Problems When the queuing system shows one or more queues in DEV_WAIT and you have verifiedthat the queue is

5-10Guide to Printers and PrintingTesting the qdaemonScenario: Submitting jobs to the spooler causes no discernible spooler activity; this is awell–kn

5-11Spooler Troubleshootingprinters that show RUNNING jobs and verify that at least one job is actually running. If oneor more printers are showing DE

5-12Guide to Printers and PrintingTesting a Spooler QueueWhen spooling jobs from an application, it’s often not clear if a job is actually getting to

5-13Spooler TroubleshootingCopying Spooled JobsParticularly in a remote spooling environment, it can be useful to make a copy of a spooledprint job. W

5-14Guide to Printers and PrintingCleaning Up and Starting OverThis procedure completely clears and restarts the spooler system. All jobs currently qu

X-1IndexIndexSymbols/etc/qconfig file structure, 3-17Numbers5080 Attachment Adapter, 2-14AASCII files, printing on PostScript printer, 1-16ASCII termi

X-2Guide to Printers and Printingdevicecharacteristics, 2-38deleting, 2-42listingprint queue devices, 2-31print queues, 2-31starting and stopping, 2-3

X-3Indexremote printingoverview, 2-47remote host access, 2-52RS–232 adapter, printer considerations, 5-5SSMITprinter paper sizespecifying for Hewlett–

1-17Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for UsersThere are several flags that may be specified with the qprt command to customize theoutput when

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1-18Guide to Printers and PrintingCommand Summary for Printers, Print Jobs, and Queuescancel Cancels requests to a line pri

2-1Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsChapter 2. Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for SystemAdministratorsThe printer subsyste

2-2Guide to Printers and PrintingInclude all printer control information that is unique to that file. For example, tounderscore the title of a book or

2-3Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsThe main spooler command is the enq command. Although you can invoke this commanddirectl

2-4Guide to Printers and Printing• Receives from the qdaemon command a list of one or more files to be printed.• Uses printer and formatting attribute

2-5Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsThe formatter filter is made up of two components:• A device–independent formatter drive

2-6Guide to Printers and PrintingQueue Device The queue device is the line or list of items in the /etc/qconfig file thatnormally follows the local qu

2-7Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsInitial Printer ConfigurationYou can use one process to configure a printer and another

2-8Guide to Printers and Printingwsm printers In the Web-based System Manager Print Queues container, use the menus to completethe steps to configure

2-9Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsProcedure1. At the system prompt, type:wsm printers In the Web-based System Manager Prin

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2-10Guide to Printers and PrintingNote: If the printer supports more than one type of print data, such as PostScript andASCII, enter a print queue nam

2-11Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsConfiguring a Printer without Adding a QueueUse the following procedure if you want to

2-12Guide to Printers and PrintingAdditional Queue OperationsThis section describes the following procedures:• Adding a Print Queue Device, on page 2-

2-13Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsAdding a Print Queue DevicePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must have root author

2-14Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding Plotter Support with 5080 Prerequisites• The plotter must be physically attached to your system.• The plotter

2-15Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsCreating a Plotter Setup FileTo send plot files to the plotter, you need a special file

2-16Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding a Local Printer to an Existing QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• Roo

2-17Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsAdding an Xstation Printer to an Existing QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you m

2-18Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding an ASCII Terminal Printer to an Existing QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the follo

2-19Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsAdding an HP JetDirect Printer to an Existing QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, y

iiiPrefaceContentsAbout This Book ix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ch

2-20Guide to Printers and PrintingAdding a File to an Existing QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• root• A memb

2-21Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsConfiguring Nonsupported Printers A nonsupported printer is a device that is not suppli

2-22Guide to Printers and PrintingRS–232Signal Serial Printer Device Driver UseFG Frame ground. Often used as shield.TxD ––> Used to transmit da

2-23Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsPrinting with Terminal–Attached Printers Many asynchronous ASCII terminals have an auxi

2-24Guide to Printers and Printing– IBM 4208 Model 2 Proprinter XL24E– IBM 4247 Printer– IBM 5204 Quickwriter– IBM 6400 Printer– IBM InfoPrint 40 Prin

2-25Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems Administrators– Lexmark 4039 Plus LaserPrinter– Lexmark 4079 Color JetPrinter Plus– Lexmark 4227 Form

2-26Guide to Printers and PrintingYou can also perform this task with the SMIT fastpath smit tty .Verifying Terminal OutputAfter you have configured t

2-27Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsCommands and Control SequencesTerminfo Database The terminfo database contains the capa

2-28Guide to Printers and Printingy1 Indicates the maximum number of characters in a data block.y2 Indicates the number of microseconds to delay betwe

2-29Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsTerminal–Attached Printing Limitations 1. Only ASCII data should be sent to the printer

ivGuide to Printers and PrintingHolding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command) 2-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a Job

2-30Guide to Printers and PrintingConfiguring a Printer for an ASCII Display Terminal Prerequisites• You must have connected a serial printer to the A

2-31Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsListing Print Queues and Print Queue Devices The following procedures apply to both loc

2-32Guide to Printers and PrintingShowing Status of Print QueuesUse the Web-based System Manager to perform this task.Procedure1. At the system prompt

2-33Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsStarting and Stopping a Print QueuePrerequisitesTo perform these tasks, you must have r

2-34Guide to Printers and PrintingSetting the Default Print QueuePrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• root• A member

2-35Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsHolding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)PrerequisitesTo hold or release a print

2-36Guide to Printers and PrintingMoving a Job between QueuesPrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the following:• The print job owner

2-37Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsScheduling Print JobsUse the SMIT fast path to perform the following tasks.Prerequisite

2-38Guide to Printers and PrintingChanging or Showing Queue Characteristics The following procedures apply to both local and remote print queues and p

2-39Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsSpecifying Paper Size PrerequisitesTo perform this task, the print queue must already b

vPrefacePrinter Code Page Translation Tables 4-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage–1 Translation 4-35.

2-40Guide to Printers and PrintingChanging or Showing Printer Connection CharacteristicsPrerequisitesTo perform this task, you must be one of the foll

2-41Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsChanging / Showing Pre–Processing FiltersThis procedure describes how to change or show

2-42Guide to Printers and PrintingDeleting a Print QueueThe following procedures apply to both local and remote print queues.Prerequisites• For local

2-43Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsListing All Supported and Defined PrintersPrerequisitesNone.List All Supported Printers

2-44Guide to Printers and PrintingMoving a Printer to Another Port Prerequisites• The printer must be physically attached to your system.• You must ha

2-45Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsChanging or Showing Printer CharacteristicsPrerequisiteA printer must have been added.P

2-46Guide to Printers and PrintingDeleting a PrinterThis procedure removes a printer from the system. Deleting a printer does not remove anyprint queu

2-47Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsRemote Printing OverviewRemote printing allows different computers to share printers. T

2-48Guide to Printers and PrintingThe following sections discuss how to configure, use and manage a remote printingenvironment:• The rembak Program• T

2-49Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsNote: The /etc/hosts.equiv file defines which computers on a network are allowed toexec

viGuide to Printers and PrintingCanon LASER SHOT LBP–B406S/D/E/G, A404/E, A304E 4-73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dataproducts LZR 2665 Laser Pr

2-50Guide to Printers and PrintingManaging and Using Remote Printers and Queues In order to print to a remote system, you must set up a remote queue o

2-51Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsConfiguring a Remote Host as a Print Server The host to be used as a print server must

2-52Guide to Printers and PrintingUsing Remote Host Access for PrintingPrerequisites• Your system must be configured to communicate as a remote print

2-53Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsUsing the lpd Remote SubsystemPrerequisites• Your system must be configured to communic

2-54Guide to Printers and PrintingShowing Status of Printer Server SubsystemUse the SMIT fast path to perform this task.Procedure1. At the system prom

2-55Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for Systems AdministratorsPrinter Queuing System Status Conditions If a printer/device is added as a tty device,

2-56Guide to Printers and PrintingDOWN Specifies that the device driver cannot communicate with the printer(CD or CTS dropped or is low) after TIMEOUT

3-1Spooler OverviewChapter 3. Spooler Overview The job of the spooler, also called the queuing system, is to manage printer use, especiallyon systems

3-2Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler IntroductionThis section provides an overview of the spooler mechanisms used by Version 3.2.5 andAIX Version

3-3Spooler OverviewSpooler Terminology The following terms relate to the spooler overview.SpoolerThe AIX spooler is a collection of programs, configur

viiPrefaceChapter 5. Troubleshooting the AIX Spooler 5-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local Printer Checklist 5-2. . . .

3-4Guide to Printers and Printing• For print jobs, uses printer and formatting attributes from the database, overridden by anyflags specified on the c

3-5Spooler Overview• Diablo 630• ditroffPrinter DevicesA printer/plotter device is a special file in the /dev/directory for a real printer. This file

3-6Guide to Printers and PrintingThe Generic AIX SpoolerThe AIX Version 3 and Version 4 spooler is not specifically a print job spooler but a generics

3-7Spooler OverviewSpooler Parts The AIX spooler can be viewed as a process or a subsystem with a beginning,points–in–between, and an ending. To accom

3-8Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler Data Flow Part I The general flow of a job through the AIX Spooler is depicted in the Printing with AIXOperat

3-9Spooler Overviewcan also send an extensive amount of control data to a printer, for instance to initialize theprinter to a specific mode before the

3-10Guide to Printers and PrintingSpooler Data Flow Part IIThe commands lp, lpr, qprt, and enq can be used to submit a job to the spooler forprocessin

3-11Spooler OverviewIn all versions of AIX prior to Version 4, the qdaemon assigns the job a job number when itaccesses the JDF and reads its contents

3-12Guide to Printers and PrintingOverview of Backend Processing The backend for a queue is begun by qdaemon; the qdaemon determines that a job’s turn

3-13Spooler OverviewData stream Flow for Common Print Jobs(piobe)(Receives arguments via argc, argv[] from qdaemon)shell pioformat pioout device drive