About This Book

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues Overview for Users

Printers, Print Jobs, and Queues for System Administrators

Printing Processes

Print Spooler

Real and Virtual Printers

Local and Remote Printers

Printer Backends

Formatter Filters

Initial Printer Configuration

Configuring a Printer without Adding a Queue

Additional Queue Operations

Adding a Print Queue Device

Adding Plotter Support with 5080

Creating a Plotter Setup File

Adding a Local Printer to an Existing Queue

Adding an ASCII Terminal Printer to an Existing Queue

Adding an HP JetDirect Printer to an Existing Queue

Adding a File to an Existing Queue

Configuring Nonsupported Printers

Printing with Terminal-Attached Printers

Commands and Control Sequences

Terminal-Attached Printing Limitations

Configuring a Printer for an ASCII Display Terminal

Listing Print Queues and Print Queue Devices

Showing Status of Print Queues

Starting and Stopping a Print Queue

Setting the Default Print Queue

Holding and Releasing a Print Job (qhld Command)

Moving a Job between Queues

Scheduling Print Jobs

Changing or Showing Queue Characteristics

Specifying Paper Size

Changing or Showing Printer Connection Characteristics

Changing / Showing Pre-Processing Filters

Deleting a Print Queue

Listing All Supported and Defined Printers

Moving a Printer to Another Port

Changing or Showing Printer Characteristics

Deleting a Printer

Remote Printing Overview

Managing and Using Remote Printers and Queues

Using Remote Host Access for Printing

Using the lpd Remote Subsystem

Showing Status of Printer Server Subsystem

Printer Queuing System Status Conditions

Spooler Overview

Printer, Plotter, and Spooler Subsystem Programming

Troubleshooting the Base Operating System Spooler

System V Printer Configuration

Appendix A. Calculating Page Length Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix B. Calculating Page Width Using Printer Colon File Escape Sequences

Appendix C. Notices

Index