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Connecting a printer to a parallel port on an AIX systemThis document describes how to connect printer to a parallel port on an IBM RS6000 AIX 4.3 system.The user must be logged on as "root" or have administrative privileges to add the printer.1.
Verify that the printer object has been created with the "lsdev" command as shown below.# lsdev -C |grep printlp0 Available 00-00-0P-00 Other parallel printer#2.
If the printer does not appear in step 1 then use smit to create the desired printer object or printer device. Contact your systemadministrator for details.3.
Test the parallel port by redirecting the output of the UNIX cat command to the printer port. The following command sends theqconfig file to the printer. The "/etc/qconfig" file can be replaced by the name of any ASCII text file.Cat /etc/qconfig > /dev/lp04.
Use SMIT to create a new printer que. Launching SMIT and make the following series of menu selections from the SMIT menusthat appear:a. Devicesb. Printer/plotterc. Print Spoolingd. Add a print Queuee. Localf. Otherg. Generic generic Printerf. Select the printer object identified in step 1. For this example the printer object is lp0.This will bring up the "Add a Print Queue" screen show below. Enter the desired queue name. This example uses lp6180for the name of a new ASCII print que under "
Names of NEW print queues to add".
Add a Print QueueType or select values in entry fields.Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.[Entry Fields]Description Generic PrinterPrinter name lp0EXISTING print queues for this printerASCII lpkmartNames of NEW print queues to addASCII [lp6180]GL Emulation []PCL Emulation []PostScript []
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Check the queue by issuing the command "lpstat" from the UNIX prompt. The third line of the following screen captureindicates that the queue (lp6180) for the parallel printer lp0 is "ready".
# lpstatQueue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk------- ----- --------- --- ------------------ ---------- ---- --idata drp0 READYidata: Printer Status File size Bytes leftlp6180 lp0 READYT6180 @T618 READYT6180: Printer Status File size Bytes left#
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Send a print job to the printer with the command "lp -d que_name file" executed from the UNIX prompt. The followingcommand prints the "qconfig" file on the printer defined by the "lp6180" print que.lp -d lp6180 /etc/qconfig7.
Trouble shootinga.
SMIT modifies the "qconfig" file. Verify that the "qconfig file" entries are correct. ". "View" or "cat" can be used to viewthe "qconfig" file. The "lp6180" queue, created in step 4, appears in the "/etc/qconfig" file as follows:
lp6180:device = lp0lp0:file = /dev/lp0header = nevertrailer = neveraccess = bothbackend = /usr/lib/lpd/piobe
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Verify the qdaemon process is running. If "qdaemon" is not running contact the system administrator. The followingexample shows how to determine if the "qdaemon" is running by using the ps and grep commands.# ps -aef |grep qdeamonroot 7996 8550 2 09:58:48 pts/0 0:00 grep qdeamon#c.
Clear the print queue.Option 1: Cancel the jobExecute the command "cancel job##" at the UNIX prompt where job## is the print queue job number. The jobnumber is returned when a print job is sent to the printer using the lp command (see step 7) or the number can beobtained by using the "lpstat" command (see step 6).Option 2: Stop the qdeamon process, clear out the queues and restart the qdeamon process.Contact your system administrator for instructions or refer to IBM on line documentation.http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_US/a_doc_lib/aixbman/printrgd/clean_startover.htm#RBffl26asmit
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