Configuring The Printer's Serial Port For A Pc; Using Printcap To Configure A Unix Workstation For The Printer's Serial Port - Tektronix Phaser 600 Service Manual

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Installing the Printer and Drivers
Configuring the printer's serial port for a PC
Using printcap to configure a Unix workstation for the printer's serial port
2-52 Phaser 600 Color Printer
Use the front panel menu to modify the printer's serial port settings. By
scrolling to the Serial Settings menu item, you configure the printer's serial port.
You may set these parameters:
Data rate
Data bits
Stop bits, parity
Flow control
LocalTalk enabled
Refer to the Chapter 9 topic, "Front panel menu" on page 9-2 for a diagram that
shows how to navigate to the Serial Settings menu item.
The printcap file configures the workstation's lpr queues. The file is usually
found in the workstation's /etc directory. Use a null modem cable, since the
printer is set up as a DTE device. For this example, the printer's serial port
settings are as follows:
Speed: 9600
Flagging: Software (XON/XOFF)
Data Bits: 8
Parity: Ignore
To set up a printcap entry, perform the following steps:
1.
Make a backup copy of the /etc/printcap file.
2. Add to the printcap file a new print queue name and set the port
parameters as needed. Add the following to the printcap file:
px:\
:br#9600:rw:\
:fc#00000374:fs#00000003:\
:xc#0:xs#0040060:\
:mx#0:sf:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/px:\
:if=/var/spool/px/if:\
:lp=/dev/ttya:
px may be changed to whatever unique printer name you choose. The
device driver name in lp may be different depending upon which
serial port the printer is connected to and the device driver naming
scheme for the workstation.