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Article #403Re: Using non-IBM Postscript printers with RT's and AIX
From: David L. Luner
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1989 15:42
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1989 15:42
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In article <4053@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> krb@mae37.ncsu.edu (Kenneth Barnhouse) writes: >Has anybody out on the net had any experience hooking up a non-IBM >PostScript printer to an RT running AIX 2.2.1? > ... > I think that AIX (piobe) or the "devices" Disclaimer: Non-IBM printers are not officially supported on AIX/RT. I don't know about the PostScript processor you are using, so I'm assuming you have a file in PostScript form and just want to send the file, exactly as is, to the printer. Check the /etc/qconfig entry for the printer. Look at the arguments to piobe. There should be a "-statusfile" and some other things there by default. You can add the option "-plot". The -plot option can also be added to the print command: % print -plot file.foo The -plot option sends things as raw data with no interpretation of the AIX Printer Data Stream (see tech ref manual). The only other potential problem may be the flow control. Try -plot, then call your local IBM office. -- David David Luner Systems Engineer IBM Madison 608 273-5243
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!werewolf!luner From: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Using non-IBM Postscript printers with RT's and AIX Message-ID: <8606@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 28 Sep 89 15:42:35 GMT References: <4053@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) Organization: IBM Madison, WI Lines: 31