krb@mae37.ncsu.edu (Kenneth Barnhouse) (09/28/89)
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 have a NEC laserprinter that talks PostScript that I want to use the RT, but I am not having any luck with it as a PostScript printer. I have tried both the serial and parallel "other printer" devices definitions. I think that AIX (piobe) or the "devices" definition of the printer is sending carriage control information that I don't need with the PostScript files. I have been successful in using the printer in "DIABLO" mode, so I don't think it is a simple wrong cable/ operator error communications problem. Any suggestions, how-to advice, examples would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ken Barnhouse bitnet: barnhouse@ncsuche Systems Programmer internet: krb@mae01.ncsu.edu Engineering Computer Operations phone: (919) 737-2458 North Carolina State University disclaimer: My wife doesn't listen to my opinions, so I don't expect you to.
luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) (09/28/89)
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