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HP E0495 HPSupplied Printer Interfaces, Local Printers

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HPSupplied Printer Interfaces

This section documents the printer interfaces and printer model files supplied by HewlettPackard with the LP spooler. The printer interfaces supplied by HP are:

Interface

Name Usage

rtestd Standard local RTE printer using standard drivers. passthru Local plotter or other nonRTEprinter device.

remote Remote printing via NSARPA/1000.

The printer model files supplied by HP are:

Model	Interface
File	Used	Usage
generic	rtestd	Generic nonPCL local printer.
pcl	rtestd	Local PCL printer.
passthru	passthru	Local plotter or other nonRTEprinter device.
rrte	remote	Remote printing to printers on RTE hosts.
rhpux	remote	Remote printing to printers on HPUX hosts.
rbsd	remote	Remote printing to printers on BSD UNIX hosts.
hpnp_pcl	remote	Remote printing to PCL network peripherals.
hpnp_passthru	remote	Remote printing to network peripheral plotters.

The local printer interfaces above handle the printing of requests on directlyconnected local printers, that is, printers directly attached to the local system. The remote printer interface sends print requests to a remote host for printing on a printer located on that host, and prints to network peripherals.

The various interfaces and model files are discussed in the following sections.

Local Printers

Local printer interfaces handle the printing of requests on printers attached directly to the local system. A local printer interface consists of a set of routines linked into the lpout program (or a copy of the lpout program with a different name).

HP recommends that the following local printer model files be used for the named HP printers:

Printer Model	Recommended Model File
ThinkJet	generic
HP 256x, 293x, DeskJet, LaserJet, PaintJet,	pcl
QuietJet, RuggedWriter
Any HP plotter	passthru

HP local printer interfaces disable the printer if device I/O errors are encountered. The device is also disabled if the break flag is set on the lpout program while printing using an HP printer interface (using the RTE BR command). The print request printing at the time of the error or interruption remains in the request queue. The request is reprinted in its entirety on the printer once it is reenabled, or is printed on another printer that is a member of the destination class of the request, if applicable.

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Contents

RTEA Print and Spooling Reference Manual NOTICE Printing History Page Preface Page Table of Contents rbsd hpnp_pcl 259 hpnp_passthru 260 Tables Page Introduction Page LP Spool System Overview Local Printers Network Peripherals Remote Printers Printer Interfaces Printer Model Files Printer Classes Destination Availability Spooled File Formats LP Spool System User Interface accept cancel Page cancel: printer ”printer” was not busy [locally] printer cancel: no requests selected on ”dest” [locally] cancel: warning: fmp error /usr/spool/lp/hostname fmp error disable Page enable CI> lp [-options] file|mask [file|mask...] [<fileoffiles] Copy files to be printed into the spool request directories (directories under /usr/spool/lp/request that the spool system uses to access the files in a always copied -ddest CI might be: CI> lp -o‘bsd‘p filename -ppriority in which requests are printed. If not specified, the default priority for the printers that are a member of the destination class is used Page Page lpadmin Page Page Page lpalt Page Page lpfence lpmove Page lpsched Page lpshut lpstat -c[list] list of class names. By default, all classes are shown. An example listing is: members of class laserjets: lj3 Page Page reject Page LP Spooler Administration NSARPA/ARPA Configuration The rlpout Program The rlpdaemon Program Installing the Spool System Software Page $rte_progs /programs $rte_snap $rte_usr Directory in which usr files are to be placed. The default is /usr $LINK Spooler Administration Tasks Page Page Page 5. If the printer has been disabled, enable the printer as follows: Log File Maintenance The LP spool system keeps two log files: •.old" extension after purging an existing •.old" file Resetting the Request ID Sequence Number Troubleshooting Page Dremote rejects submissions Also check file /usr/spool/lp/log for error messages related to the printer Problem: Remote printers on other hosts cannot access the printer on my HP Ddestination dest is not accepting requests Ddestination dest non-existent HPSupplied Printer Interfaces The rtestd Interface hold locked to the lpout program. Both times, lpout prints a message on the system console of the form: lpout handling the print operation remains in the paused state until an RTE GO command is issued for that program name. In this manner, adjustments to the Page Page typenn or stypenn Line Printer Pica Elite b or bold Set primary font stroke weight to bold (weight 1). [Esc(s1B PCL3] ps or sps Set the primary (ps) or secondary (sps) font to proportional spacing [Esc(s1P PCL3] The passthru Interface The rrte Model The rhpux Model The rbsd Model The hpnp_pcl Model The hpnp_passthru Model The Model Custom Printer Interfaces Modifying Printer Interface Sources Programming Considerations SP Spool System SP Runstring ON[,–S sess][,lu1],lu2[,DC] lu1 lu2 sp,on,7,9 sp,on,9,11 LU Redirection Spooling LU Output ST Command Listing Format SP Spooler Administration Programmatic Spooling The PRINT Utility PRINT Runstring PRINT Options Page This option returns a short explanation of the PRINT options The format of the option is: +A:outputfilename This option prints the specified string as a banner headline +B:string Note Page Page PRINT Operation PRINT Messages PRINT Return Values PRINT Examples CI> print +b:C.85 +b:libraries: fnewf.ftn @.mac This example produces a leading page with the following banners: C.85 LIBRARIES: FNEWF.FTN PRINT Administration A listing of the &FFL module is given below: Page Page Index Page adding, 243 interfaces, 23 custom, 261 loading new forms, 244 model files, 23 remote, 257 removing, 243 priority, LP spool system, 225 fence priority, 225 rbsd model file, 258