Kyocera Printing Support for IBM AIX |
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Contents
- Overview
- Installation and Configuration Instructions
- Printer Queue Management
- QPRT options supported
- Uninstall
Overview
This package provides printing support for Kyocera Mita printers on the
IBM pSeries ( RS/6000 ) and other AIX operating system platforms.
The following printer models are supported in this package for both KPDL and
PCL 5E page description languages:
Kyocera Mita FS-4000
Installation and Configuration:
Run the installation script to copy all the Kyocera Mita Printer
support files to their appropriate locations:
# ./install_fs4000
Parallel Configuration:
Kyocera Mita printers can be configured as both parallel and network.
Prior to configuring the printer, the printer must be connected to the
system.
To configure as a parallel printer, follow these instructions:
- Start SMIT from the prompt.
- Select 'Print Spooling' option from System Management.
- Click on 'Add a Print Queue'
- Select 'local' from the select list.
- Select 'Kyocera Mita'
- Select the printer model that you want to install.
- Select 'parallel'
- Select the Parallel Port Adapter that is listed.
- Enter the names of the PCL or Postscript queues that you want to
add to the system. - Click OK to add the queue to the system.
Network Configuration (TCP/IP):
To configure as a network printer, follow these instructions:
- Run SMIT from the prompt.
- Select 'Print Spooling' option from System Management.
- Click on 'Add a Print Queue'
- Select 'hpJetDirect' from the select list.
- Select 'Kyocera Mita'
- Select the printer model that you want to install.
- Select 'Do NOT make this system a BOOTP/TFTP server'
- Enter the names of the PCL or Postscript queues that you want to add to the system.
- Enter the HOSTNAME for the printer. If the hostname of the printer is not automatically recognized, then edit the \etc\hosts file and
add a new entry giving the IP address and hostname of the printer:
Example: 127.0.0.1 MyPrinter - Click OK to add the queue to the system.
Printer Queue Management
If you run 'SMIT' and go to 'Print Spooling' options, there are various
options listed for managing the print queues, viewing the characteristics of
the queues and deleting the queues. Also, there are options for managing the
print jobs of various queues.
QPRT supported command flags
The supported qprt command flags for the Kyocera Mita PS and PCL printer queues include the following:
-B value
Specifies if burst pages (header and trailer pages) should be printed.
The value is a 2-character variable, the first character for the header and
the second for the trailer.
a: Always prints the header or trailer pages.
n: Never prints the header or trailer pages.
-d InputDataType
Identifies the input data type of the file or files to print. Based on
the input data type and the data type expected by the printer, the
print files are passed through filters (if necessary) before being sent
to the printer. You can specify any of the following input data types:
a: Extended ASCII (set as default for PS and PCL queues)
c: PCL (requires a PCL file)
p: Pass-through (sent to the printer unmodified)
s: PostScript (requires a PS file)
-D "User"
Labels the output for delivery to User. Normally the output is labeled
for delivery to the user name of the person issuing the qprt command
request. The value of User must be a single word meeting the same
requirements of a regular User ID.
-h "Header"
Specifies the header text for use by the pr command when the -f p flag
is also specified. If this flag is not specified, the pr command uses
the print file name as the header.
-N NumberCopies
Specifies the number of copies to print. If this flag is not specified,
one copy is printed.
-P Queue[:QueueDevice]
Specifies the print queue name and the optional queue device name. If
this flag is not specified, the following conditions occur:
- If the LPDEST environment variable is set, the qprt command uses the
queue name specified by the LPDEST variable. If set, this value is
always used, even if the PRINTER variable is also set. - If the PRINTER variable is set and no LPDEST variable is set, the qprt
command uses the queue name specified by the PRINTER environment
variable. Any destination command-line options override both the
LPDEST and PRINTER environment variables. - If neither the LPDEST nor the PRINTER variable is set, the qprt
command uses the system default queue name. ( The system default queue
name is the name of the first queue defined in the /etc/qconfig file. )
If the QueueDevice variable is not specified, the first available
printer configured for the queue is used.
Note: If multiple printers are configured for the same print queue and
one or more of the printers are not suitable for printing your files,
you should use the QueueDevice variable. Otherwise, the spooler assigns
the first available printer.
-q Quality
Sets the print quality to one of the following:
300 300 dots per inch (dpi)
600 600 dots per inch (dpi)
1200 1200 dots per inch (dpi)
-r
Removes the print files after the print job completes. If this flag is
not specified, the print files are not removed.
-T "Title"
Specifies a print job title with the Text variable. If this flag is not
specified, the first file name on the qprt command line is used as the
print job title. The print job title is displayed on the header page and
on responses to inquiries about queue status.
-u PaperSrc
Sets the paper source to one of the following values:
1 Tray 1
2 Tray 2
3 Tray 3
4 Tray 4
0 MP Tray for PCL
5 MP Tray for PS
-Q PaperSize
Sets the paper size and overrides the paper source.
ONLY FOR PCL PRINTERS.
1 Letter
2 Legal
4 A4
5 A5
-Y Duplex
Sets duplex output. Duplex output prints to both the front and back of
each sheet. You can set one of the following values:
0 Simplex
1 Duplex, long edge binding (only for the FS-1800+ and FS-1900)
-z Rotate
Rotates page printer output the number of quarter-turns clockwise as
specified by the Value variable. The length (-l) and width (-w) values
are automatically adjusted accordingly.
0 Portrait
1 Landscape
-= OutputBin
Specifies the output bin destination for a print job. If you do not
specify this flag, it uses the default value from the printer driver.
This flag applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later. The available values
for the OutputBin include:
0 Top Tray (Face-down)
50 Finisher (Face-down)
51 Finisher (Face-up)
Additional flags supported ONLY for PCL printers
-b BottomMargin
Specifies the bottom margin, the number of blank lines
the bottom of each page.
-l Length
(lowercase L) Sets the page length. If the Length variable is 0, page
length is ignored, and the output treated as one continuous page. The
page length includes the top and bottom margins and indicates the
printable length of the paper.
-L LineWrap
Sets line wrap for lines wider than the page width to one of the
following:
+ Wrap long lines to the next line.
! Truncate long lines at the right margin.
-t TopMargin
Sets the top margin, the number of blank lines designated for the
top of each page.
-w PageWidth
Sets the page width based on the number of characters.
Uninstall
Run the script uninstall_km to remove Kyocera model support from AIX system:
./uninstall_4000