Create a new printer, of type "PostScript," with file content type "PostScript." This will tell the printing software that files that are not in PostScript form must be filtered--converted--into PostScript. This capability is within the operating system; no additional software is needed. Select the appropriate device (generally, /dev/term/a or /dev/term/b for a serial printer, and /dev/bpp0 for a parallel printer).
Create a new printer. Choose type "Other" for the printer type. A pop-up window will appear, prompting user to specify the printer type. Enter "hplaserjet." Choose file content type "simple." Select the appropriate device (generally, /dev/term/a or /dev/term/b for a serial printer, and /dev/bpp0 for a parallelprinter).
Because the LaserJet4 series uses the same HP language as the LaserJet2 and LaserJet3, it can be successfully installed under NeWSprint as an HP LaserJet3. Someof the additional features for the LaserJet4 are unknown, and therefore unsupported, by NeWSprint.
The operating system by itself doesn't have a method to configure a printer with its own address. Contact the printer manufacturer for details on this.
Use the "lpadmin" command. Under admintool, the printer manager assumes that a printer on a serial port will be running at 9600 baud, with character size 8 (cs8) and no parity bits set (-parity). For other settings, run lpadmin after creating the printer through the tool.
The format for lpadmin is:
# lpadmin -p printer_name -o "stty=stty_modes"
where stty_modes is a string such as 19200, cs7, -parity, or any of the appropriate modes for the stty command. For more options, see the man page for stty, or Appendix B of the volume "Setting Up Accounts, Printers, and Mail" in the System AnswerBook.
Always specify type "BSD." This reports less status information, but reducesthe possibility of communications problems between systems.
Yes. To print to a printer on a 4.X system from a system running 5.X, create a remote printer under printer manager in admintool. Indicate that the printer host is type "BSD."
To print to a printer on a 5.X system from a system running 4.X, add the "rm" and "rp" to the printer's printcap entry, as though for a printer on a remote system running the same release of the operating system.
As mentioned above, indicate that the printer host is type "BSD." There is a good rate of success with configuring printers on other UNIX systems and servers, but detailed information about equipment from other vendors is not available.
Sounds like a login process is running on the port. Give the command "pmadm -l;" look for a process on the port.
If there is a process, give the following command to set the port as a non-login device.
# lpadmin -p The printer manager allows a printer to be set up so that
a banner is not required. If a user then submits a
print job with the command "lp -o nobanner," then a banner
page will not be printed.
If banners are never wanted, customize the interface file
for the printer. Edit the file /etc/lp/interfaces/