Minolta PI4700E user manual AIX Risc System/6000, Pi4700e 12-51

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AIX RISC System/6000

The AIX printing subsystem is driven by the qdaemon program, which uses data in the /usr/lpd/qconfig file to manage queues and route jobs to the proper devices. This information includes entries for each physical vir- tual printer and physical device known to the system.

Simply stated, an AIX virtual printer is a high-level software view of a data stream, queue, and device that controls how a given job is to be processed. A different virtual printer should be defined for each data stream that is sup- ported by a real printer. Even when PostScript and PCL jobs are destined for the same printer, for example, each job uses a different virtual printer.

Configuring a Network Card printer on an AIX system approximates con- figuration of a local printer as nearly as possible. The one point where it differs is that the physical device only difference is that the physical device associated with the Network Card printer must be a named pipe used by the print daemon to route data to the Network Card.

The following shows the most straightforward way to add a printer to the system.

1Type the following to run the installation script: nicinst

2What is the node name of the Print Server Unit?

Input the host name recorded in /etc/hosts. For example, type print- fast and then press Enter .

3What is the printer name?

Type the printer name and press Enter .

4Here, the script displays the information you have input up to this point. The following shows example information.

Node name of the Print Server Card: printfast

Printer name to be used: <printer name>

The printer is attached on: PORT 1

Check these settings and make sure they are correct. If they are cor- rect, type yes and press Enter . Otherwise, type no and press Enter .

5Configure a virtual printer using <printer name> as the physical de- vice. For <printer name>, use the same printer name that you speci- fied when installing the printer.

6Use the following command to shut down qdaemon. stopsrc -s qdaemon

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