Tektronix Phasershare Printer Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for Unix, Unix model files

8 TCP/IP Host Configuration (UNIX)

Assigning print queues with PhaserPrint for UNIX

For UNIX environments, Tektronix offers PhaserPrint for UNIX software, which provides fast raster printing and a graphical user interface with push-button control of printer features. For more information on PhaserPrint software, see “Tektronix PhaserPrint for UNIX software” on page 10.

If you want to print using PhaserPrint for UNIX software, you must use PhaserPrint software to configure your host. Refer to the PhaserPrint for UNIX user manual or the instructions provided with the PhaserPrint for UNIX CD-ROM for configuration information. PostScript and PDF versions of the manual are available from the Tektronix ftp site:

ftp.tek.com/cpid/UNIX/phaserprint2.1/demo/MANUALS

Required remote printer queue names

The printer’s internal LPR queue uses the BSD protocol; its known queues are listed in the following table. These are the only remote queue names that the printer recognizes. If you use another name, the printer automatically defaults to AUTO.

Queue name	Language
PS	PostScript
PCL	PCL (Printer Control Language)
AUTO	Automatic Language Selection (the printer automatically senses
	the language of the print job and processes it accordingly)

Using PostScript utility files to control printer features from queues

As you set up a spool queue for the printer, you can use the PostScript utility files provided with your printer’s software to control printer features (for example, selecting upper or lower paper trays, or selecting print quality modes). See your printer’s user documentation for more information on these utility files.

UNIX model files

The printer’s CD-ROM contains UNIX model files. These files allow you to access printer features from the UNIX command line by using the -oprinting option. On the printer’s CD-ROM, the file model.tar contains the installer for the model files and model files for Sun Solaris, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM AIX workstations.

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