Virtual Printer Commands; Aix Print Command - Minolta PI4700E User Manual

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/usr/lpd/qconfig
Edit
name from
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Use the following command to restart the daemon.
startsrc -s daemon
After this, the installation script creates a named pipe and starts up a print
daemon based on the printer name and Network Card information you
supplied. The AIX System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) does not
accept the named pipe as a printer device, so the install script also creates
a null character device in

Virtual Printer Commands

Virtual printers can be added using SMIT or by using the mkvirprt com-
mand. The device name printer name is entered for confirmation purpos-
es. During this process, you also select a particular printer type for the new
printer, which inherits the set of predefined attributes for that printer type.
The set of attributes is sufficient for most cases, but settings can be
changed using SMIT or the chvirprt command. See the AIX RISC System/
6000 documentation in cases where a printer requires even more exten-
sive settings.
After adding a virtual printer, a stanza that looks like the following will be
in /usr/opf/qconfig for device printer name.
<printer name>:
file=/dev/<printer name>
backend=/usr/lpd/piobe
Edit file=/dev/<printer name>
Output spooled on the previously specified virtual printer is sent to the
named pipe, and routed to the Network Card. Before editing the files
named above, make sure the following daemon is running.
/usr/nic/lpr_print /dev/nic/<printer name> printfast
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AIX Print Command

The AIX lp command works slightly differently from other System V Re-
lease 4 lp commands. The following lp commands can be used to print
files.
lp -d<queue name> <file name>
Or:
lp -d<queue name>:<device name> <file name>
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to change the special file for device printer-
/dev/<printer name> to /dev/nic/<printer
/dev/<printer
to file=/dev/nic/<printer
UNIX Configuration
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