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Contents About this document............................................................................................vii Highlighting.................................................................................................................................................vii Case-sensitivity in AIX................................................................................................................................vii ISO 9000.....................................................................................................................................................vii Printing.................................................................................................................1 Printing and print jobs..................................................................................................................................1 Starting a print job.................................................................................................................................. 1 Canceling a print job (qcan command).................................................................................................. 4 Canceling a print job (SMIT)...................................................................................................................5 Prioritizing a print job (qpri command).................................................................................................. 5 Prioritizing a print job (SMIT)................................................................................................................. 5 Moving a print job to another print queue (qmov command)................................................................ 6 Moving a print job to another print queue (SMIT)................................................................................. 6 Holding and releasing print jobs (qhld command)...............................................................................7 Holding and releasing print jobs (SMIT)................................................................................................ 7 Checking the status of a print job (qchk command)..............................................................................8 Checking the status of a print job (SMIT).............................................................................................. 9 Formatting files for printing (pr command)......................................................................................... 10 Printing ASCII files on a PostScript printer..........................................................................................11 Command summary for printing.......................................................................................................... 13 Printing administration.............................................................................................................................. 14 Printing processes................................................................................................................................14 Initial printer configuration.................................................................................................................. 15 Print queue operations.........................................................................................................................18 Configuration of nonsupported printers.............................................................................................. 20 Printing with terminal-attached printers............................................................................................. 22 terminfo database................................................................................................................................ 26 Adding support for non-supported terminals......................................................................................26 Native, 8-port, 16-port, and third-party controllers........................................................................... 27 64-port controller.................................................................................................................................27 128-port controller...............................................................................................................................27 Printer backend commands................................................................................................................. 28 Listing print queues..............................................................................................................................28 Showing status of print queues........................................................................................................... 28 Starting and stopping a print queue.................................................................................................... 28 Setting the default print queue............................................................................................................ 29 Scheduling print jobs............................................................................................................................29 Changing or showing queue characteristics........................................................................................29 Deleting a print queue..........................................................................................................................30 Performing other printer administration tasks....................................................................................30 Remote printing....................................................................................................................................33 Managing and using remote printers and queues............................................................................... 35 Printing bidirectional data......................................................................................................................... 38 Bidirectional Print Filters..................................................................................................................... 38 Printing Bidirectional Data using the /usr/bin/ebprt filter.................................................................. 38 Tabular Data Support and What to Expect.......................................................................................... 39 Locale and Codepage Support............................................................................................................. 39 Installation and Packaging...................................................................................................................39 Configuring the Print Subsystem to use the Bidirectional Print Filter................................................ 39 iii Configuring the /etc/ebprt.conf configuration file...............................................................................40 Configuration Examples....................................................................................................................... 43 Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................................44 Known limitations of escape sequence and PCL support................................................................... 44 Print spooler...............................................................................................................................................45 Formatter filters....................................................................................................................................45 Local and remote printers.................................................................................................................... 45 Printer devices......................................................................................................................................45 qdaemon process.................................................................................................................................45 Real (physical) and virtual printers...................................................................................................... 46 Spooler functions and services............................................................................................................46 Spooler backends.................................................................................................................................46 Spooler jobs..........................................................................................................................................47 Generic base operating system spooler ...................................................................................................47 Spooler parts..............................................................................................................................................48 Spooler data flow: commands and backend.............................................................................................48