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Advanced printer configuration
Advanced printer configuration
Understanding the print service
Overview of print request processing
About the print request log
Print service command line summary
Customizing printer configuration
Setting default printer page size and spacing
Configuring banners
Administering the /etc/lp/Systems file
Printer models file
Printer interface scripts
Creating printer interface scripts
Setting up printer interface scripts
Using the terminfo database
Adding a printer entry to the terminfo database
Creating a printer form
Adding a form to the print service
Removing a form
Restricting user access to forms
Defining the forms access list
Mounting a form
Unmounting a form
Examining a form
Printer filters
Providing filters
A word of caution
What is a filter?
Task 1: converting files
Task 2: handling special modes
Task 3: detecting printer faults
What programs make a good filter
Defining a filter
Defining options with templates
Adding a filter to the print service
Removing a filter
Examining a filter
Restoring factory defaults
Printer types
Content types
Common types
Default content type
PostScript printers
Using a PostScript printer
Supporting non-PostScript print requests
Additional PostScript capabilities provided by filters
Supporting PostScript printer
Installing and maintaining PostScript printers
Installing and maintaining PostScript filters
Installing and maintaining PostScript fonts
Obtaining a list of printer-Resident fonts
Adding printer-Resident fonts to a printer's font list
Installing and maintaining host-Resident fonts
Downloading host-resident fonts
Font cartridges and character sets
Specifying character sets
Specifying font cartridges to use with a printer
Setting up printer fault alerts
Specifying a printer fault recovery mechanism
Alerting to mount forms and font cartridges
Setting printer port characteristics
Default port characteristics
Setting up a printer with multiple names
Setting up print jobs to simultaneously cross-reference over the network
Configuring Hewlett-Packard network printers
Setting up a BOOTP server
Configuring hosts to use an HP network printer
Configuring HP network printers as local printers