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Guide to Printers and Printing
Printing with Terminal-Attached Printers
Many asynchronous ASCII terminals have an auxiliary
(AUX) port that can be used to connect a printer. Terminal-attached printing
is supported for terminals attached directly to a host machine or attached
remotely by modem to a host machine.
This section discusses configuration, maintenance,
and problem determination for terminal-attached printers, as well as the following
topics:
Supported Hardware
The following hardware is supported for terminal-attached printing.
- Cables
- Terminal Devices
- IBM 3151, 3161, 3162, 3163, 3164
- DEC VT100, VT220, VT320, VT330
- WYSE 30, 50, 60, 350
- Printers
- IBM 2380 Personal Printer II
- IBM 2381 Personal Printer II
- IBM 2390 Personal Printer II
- IBM 2391 Personal Printer II
- IBM 2380 Personal Printer II (Model 2)
- IBM 2381 Personal Printer II (Model 2)
- IBM 2390 Personal Printer II (Model 2)
- IBM 2391 Personal Printer II (Model 2)
- IBM 3112 Page Printer
- IBM 3116 Page Printer
- IBM 3130 LaserPrinter
- IBM 4019 LaserPrinter
- IBM 4029 LaserPrinter
- IBM 4037 LaserPrinter
- IBM 4039 LaserPrinter
- IBM 4076 InkJet Printer
- IBM 4201 Model 3 Proprinter III
- IBM 4202 Model 3 Proprinter III XL
- IBM 4207 Model 2 Proprinter X24E
- IBM 4208 Model 2 Proprinter XL24E
- IBM 4247 Printer
- IBM 5204 Quickwriter
- IBM 6400 Printer
- IBM InfoPrint 40 Printer
- IBM Network Color Printer
- IBM Network Printer 12
- IBM Network Printer 17
- IBM Network Printer 24
- Hewlett-Packard 2500C Color Printer
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIISi
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4Si
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4 Plus
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4V
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5000 D640 Printer
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5Si Mopier
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 8000 Printer
- Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 8100 Printer
- Hewlett Packard LaserJet Color
- Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 4500
- Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 8500
- Lexmark Optra LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra E310 LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra M410 LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra Se LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra TLaserPrinter Family
- Lexmark Optra W810 LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra Plus LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra C Color LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra E LaserPrinter
- Lexmark Optra N LaserPrinter
- Lexmark ExecJet IIc
- Lexmark ValueWriter 600
- Lexmark 2380 Plus Printer (Model 3)
- Lexmark 2381 Plus Printer (Model 3)
- Lexmark 2390 Plus Printer (Model 3)
- Lexmark 2391 Plus Printer (Model 3)
- Lexmark 4039 Plus LaserPrinter
- Lexmark 4079 Color JetPrinter Plus
- Lexmark 4227 Forms Printer
- For more information about certain printers listed above, see the following:
IBM InfoPrint 40 Printer
Lexmark Optra E310 Laser Printer
Lexmark Optra M410 Laser Printer
Lexmark Optra Se Laser Printer
Lexmark Optra T Laser Printer Family
Lexmark Optra W810 Laser Printer
- Asynchronous Communications Adapters
- Native serial port controller
- 8-port controller
- 16-port controller
- 64-port controller
- 128-port controller
- Third-party controller
Note: Third-party asynchronous controllers are also supported. When the base
operating system detects that an ASCII terminal was configured with a third-party
controller, the terminal-attached printer will be configured as thoug h it
was connected to the native port controller. See Native, 8-Port, 16-Port, and Third-party Controllers for
more information.
Installing a Terminal-Attached Printer
To install a new terminal-attached printer and configure it into the print
spooling subsystem, you must:
- Install the physical ASCII terminal (tty) device and connect it to the
system.
- Configure a tty device driver for the ASCII terminal.
- Connect the serial printer to the AUX or PRINT port of your ASCII terminal.
- Configure a virtual printer and print queue.
Installing the Physical ASCII Terminal
To install a the physical ASCII terminal, you must:
- Review all relevant installation planning information and the terminal's
documentation to ensure that you have the components required for installation.
- Review your system's configuration and select the serial port.
- Ensure that the communications port is not in use.
- Connect the terminal to the serial communications port. Be sure to use
proper cabling. Consult your documentation for cabling instructions.
- Configure the terminal according to the documentation provided with it.
Be sure to record the settings you choose for baud rate, stop bits, bits per
character, and flow control. You will need this information to configure
the base operating system tty device driver.
Configuring the Terminal Device Driver (tty)
To configure the tty, you must:
- Log on as the root user.
- At the system prompt type:
Devices
In the Web-based System Manager Devices container,
use the menus to complete the steps to configure the terminal device driver.
- Select the Add a TTY option and the tty type.
- Provide additional information as prompted such as the configuration
settings you made on your terminal at installation. If you are not sure of
the port number IDs, press the F4 key to display a list
of available I Ds. Be sure to enter the correct TERMINAL type. When you have
entered all configuration information, press Enter.
You can also perform this task with the SMIT fastpath smit tty.
Verifying Terminal Output
After you have configured the terminal device, enter the following to verify
that the terminal is working and send output directly to the terminal screen:
cat /etc/qconfig > /dev/ttynn
where nn is the appropriate tty device number.
The contents of the /etc/qconfig file should appear
on the terminal screen.
Installing the Physical Printer
To install the physical printer, you must:
- Review all relevant installation planning information and the printer's
documentation to ensure that you have the required components and information
to install the printer.
- Review the terminal documentation for information on connecting printers
to the auxiliary port.
- Verify that the AUX port on the terminal is configured with the same settings
as your printer such as baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits, and XON/XOFF.
- For information about setting values for the AUX port, consult your terminal
documentation.
- For information about configuring the printer's serial interface, consult
your printer documentation.
- Connect the printer to the terminal's AUX port. Be sure to use the proper
cabling. Consult your documentation for cabling instructions.
Configuring a Virtual Printer and Print Queue
Perform the following steps to configure your terminal-attached printer
into the print spooling subsystem.
- At the system prompt, type:
Devices
In the Web-based System Manager Devices container,
use the menus to complete the steps to configure a virtual printer and print
queue.
- Select the ascii attachment type, manufacturer,
and printer model.
- Provide additional information as prompted.
You can also perform this procedure with the /usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piomkpq command or with the SMIT fastpath smit mkpq.
Modem Connections
Terminal-attached printing can also be supported by establishing a queue
for a modem line instead of creating the queue for a specific terminal. Since
the terminal type of a dial-in terminal cannot be guaranteed, set t he PIOTERM environment variable to the terminal type of the
dial-in terminal by entering the following command:
export PIOTERM=Dialin-Terminal-Type
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