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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