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lprsetup.dat(4)
NAME
lprsetup.dat, lprsetup - Printer configuration files
SYNOPSIS
(from /etc/lprsetup.dat)
Model_Name|alias:
:PN=Model_Name:\
:printcap_symbols:\
.
.
.
:PD=\n\
printer description\n\n:
(from /usr/lbin/lprsetup/*.lpd)
printer:
:PN=Model_Name:\
:printcap_symbols:\
.
.
.
:PD=\n\
printer description\n\n:
DESCRIPTION
The lprsetup.dat file contains configuration data for all printers
supported by Tru64 UNIX that have special options such as duplex printing.
This file is generated automatically from individual printer configuration
files (*.lpd) located in /usr/lbin/lprsetup when Tru64 UNIX is installed
and upgraded automatically when subsequent operating system updates are
installed.
When you run the Printer Configuration (printconfig) graphical user
interface, the lprsetup program, or the SysMan utilities to configure a
printer, you are prompted to enter the name of a configuration data set for
the printer that you want to install. The configuration program then reads
the data set for the specified printer and adds it to the /etc/printcap
file. The lprsetup program uses the printer configuration files in the
/usr/lbin/lprsetup directory instead of the /etc/lprsetup.dat file.
The /etc/printcap file contains the runtime printer configuration record.
For example, the /usr/lbin directory contains the filter files required for
the printer. The printer configuration data set specifies a path to the
appropriate filter and this path is set as a printcap flag during printer
installation and configuration.
Note
Do not edit the lprsetup.dat file. It is a system-owned file that is
updated regularly with new printer data sets during each release of
the operating system. If you edit this file, it might not update
correctly during subsequent update installation procedures. You can
update this file by using the following command:
# /usr/sbin/lprsetup -c update
The lprsetup.dat file contains the following fields:
Model_Name
The string that identifies the device. This is usually similar to
the name of the printer on the casing, such as Digital LN32 or
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 5000.
printcap_symbol
A list of flags used to set printer characteristics in the
/etc/printcap file. The entry for each printer contains a number of
printcap_flag fields. Refer to printcap(4) for a description of
the printcap symbols.
PD= A short description of the printer.
printer description
One or more lines of text that provide a brief description of the
device and its capabilities.
Printer Description Files
Printer description files are analogous to the printer drivers distributed
with a printer on diskette or CD-ROM. The printer description files are
located in the /usr/lbin/lprsetup directory. The operating system ships
with a number of print filters which support the following types of
printer:
· Current model printers.
· Legacy model printers.
· Specific third-party printers.
· Generic text (line) printers.
· Generic ANSI printers.
· Generic EscapeP printers.
· Generic PostScript Level 1 printers.
· Generic PostScript Level 2 printers.
· Generic Pass-through non-filtered job support for printing files that
were preformatted by an application.
· Generic Remote support for network-based printing to remote UNIX
hosts, printers, and print servers that support the RFC 1179 printing
protocol.
Generic Wide Character PostScript printers without language-specific
resident fonts.
· Local-language character set printers are supported using
internationalized filters. Refer to i18n_printing(5) for more
information.
The set of printer description files is constantly updated with each new
release of the operating system.
If you do not find a specific print filter for your printer make and model
in the /usr/lbin/lprsetup directory, you can:
· Use a generic printer description file and modify it,
· Use a printer description file for a similar printer, either on an
as-is basis or with some modification, or
· Acquire a print filter directly from the manufacturer that you can use
with either a generic printer description file or a printer
description file for a similar printer.
The operating system also supports the portable Adobe PostScript Printer
Description (PPD) filters shipped with many makes and models of printer.
See ppdof(8) for more information.
EXAMPLES
The following is the printer definition from the /etc/lprsetup.dat file for
a generic text printer:
# Printer Model Name: Generic Text
# Originating File: /usr/lbin/lprsetup/Generic_Text.lpd
#
Generic_Text|printer87:\
:PN=Generic Text:\
:br=9600:\
:fc=0177777:\
:fs=03:\
:if=/usr/lbin/pcfof +Cgeneric_text.pcf:\
:of=/usr/lbin/pcfof +Cgeneric_text.pcf:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
:mx=0:\
:pl=66:\
:pw=80:\
:rw=on:\
:xc=0177777:\
:xs=044000:\
:PD=\n\
This generic entry is for ASCII text printers using 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper.\n
\n:
The following is the printer definition file from the lprsetup.dat file for
a generic remote printer:
printer:\
:PN=Generic Remote LPD:\
:PD=\n\
This generic entry provides network-based printing to \n\
remote UNIX hosts, printers, and print servers that \n\
support the RFC 1179 printing protocol.\n\n:
FILES
/etc/lprsetup.dat
Location of the file
/usr/lbin/lprsetup.dat/*.lpd
The individual printer configuration files
SEE ALSO
Commands: lpd(8), lpr(1), lprsetup(8), and printconfig(8),
Files: printcap(4), pcfof(8), ppdof(8), and wwpsof(8)
Misc: i18n_printing(5)
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