The NEXTSTEP/OpenStep FAQ
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printer, NeXT
Adding supported postscript printers is rather simple:
- Get a serial cable (e.g., Macintosh to LaserWriter Plus),
but check whether that works with your printer
- Configure using Print Manager
- Configure printer communication according to manufacturer's
recommendations. (9600 baud software flow control).
A sample printcap entry needs to be loaded into the netinfo database.
You can use either niload printcap . < myprintcap, or use
NetInfoManager to change the br and lp properties of your LaserJet.
Using the default baud rate and /dev/ttya will also work, for most
print jobs (if the printer is connected to this port).
LaserJet_III: \
:note=LaserJet_III:ty=HP LaserJet III PostScript: \
:sd=/usr/spool/NeXT/LaserJet_III:lp=/dev/ttyfa: \
:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lp.acct:br=19200:rw:fc\#0000374: \
:fs\#0000003:xc\#0:xs\#0040040:mx\#0:sf:sb:if=/usr/lib/transcript/psif: \
:of=/usr/lib/transcript/psof:gf=/usr/lib/transcript/psgf: \
:nf=/usr/lib/transcript/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/transcript/pstf: \
:rf=/usr/lib/transcript/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/transcript/psvf: \
:cf=/usr/lib/transcript/pscf:df=/usr/lib/transcript/psdf:
HP printer configuration:
auto cont = off (doesn't matter)
I/O = serial
serial=rs-232 (for LJ III only)
baud rate = 19200 (or whatever baud rate you have
in ni database/printcap)
robust xon = on (doesn't matter)
dtr polarity = hi
startpage = off (doesn't matter)
language=english
ret = med (you choose for LJ III only)
Note that if you modify the printcap this way you cannot reconfigure
this particular printer entry with PrintManager.
If you are using NEXTSTEP 2.0 and you use remote non-next printers,
there is a bug that can be simply corrected by doing "dwrite system
PrinterResolution 1" for each user trying to access non-next printers
on the network. This not a problem in later NEXTSTEP versions.
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