Guide to Printers and Printing

Configuring a Printer for an ASCII Display Terminal

Prerequisites

• You must have connected a serial printer to the AUX or PRINT port on your ASCII terminal. Refer to the terminal documentation for cabling instructions.
• The tty device for the ASCII terminal must be defined. See "Adding or changing a TTY from the command line" in AIX 5L Version 5.1 System Management Guide: Communications and Networks for more information.
• The printer must be online.
• Verify that the AUX port on the terminal is configured with the same settings as your printer. To do this, consult your terminal documentation for information about setting values for the AUX port. Consult your printer documentation for information about configuring the printer serial interface.
• You must have root user authority.

Procedure

1. At the system prompt, type:

   smit mkpq
   

2. Select the ascii attachment type, manufacturer, and printer model.
3. Provide additional information as prompted.

You can also perform this task with the /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piomkpq command.