Tektronix HP-GL, PCL User Manual

Conﬁguring your host

Note

The printer’s internal LPR queue uses the BSD protocol; its known queues are listed in the following table.

Queue name Language

PS PostScript HPGL HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) PCL PCL (Printer Control Language) AUTO Automatic language selection (the printer automatically senses the

Note

If want to print using Tektronix PhaserPrint 2.0 software, you must use PhaserPrint to conﬁgure your host. Refer to the PhaserPrint 2.0 User Manual or the instructions provided with the PhaserPrint CD-ROM for conﬁguration information. If you do not have PhaserPrint software, refer to the web topic “Tektronix PhaserPrint software for UNIX and VMS environments” for more information.

language of the print job and processes it accordingly)

Your printer model may not support all the languages listed in the table. See your printer’s user manual for information on the languages supported by your printer.

Add the printer’s name to the host table and assign an IP address to the printer’s name. Depending on your host system, you may use NIS (Name Information Server, formerly Yellow Pages) or, on a system without NIS, you may have to edit a ﬁle (for example,

/etc/hosts

Assign a print queue to the printer:

Note

For BSD systems, edit the

■

(for example, to

■

For System V hosts, conﬁgure the queue as a remote BSD print

/usr/spool/lpr

queue (support for TCP/IP

Some UNIX hosts report an error when you conﬁgure a print

/etc/printcap

lpr

is required).

ﬁle and add a spool directory

queue that is not currently on the network. Ignore this message.

If you need host-specific instructions, see the web topics under “Details on UNIX host configuration for TCP/IP” for information on how to get them from the Tektronix Information Server (via Internet) or HAL, the Tektronix automated fax system.

As you set up a spool queue for the printer, you can use the PostScript utility ﬁles provided on your printer’s drivers and utilities diskettes to control printer features (for example, selecting upper or lower paper trays, or selecting print quality modes). You can mount the PC version of the printer’s drivers and utilities diskettes and copy the ﬁles from the diskette (see the printer’s drivers and utilities manual for information on mounting the diskette). You can also download the ﬁles from the Tektronix Color Printer Information Server (see the web topic “Downloading ﬁles from the Tektronix Anonymous ftp Server”).

For UNIX environments, Tektronix offers PhaserPrint, software that provides fast raster printing and a graphical user interface with push-button control of printer features. For more information on PhaserPrint, see the web topic “Tektronix PhaserPrint software for UNIX and VMS environments.”

For VMS environments, Tektronix offers PhaserSym OpenVMS Print Services, a VMS print symbiont. PhaserSym is available as upgrade kit 4690F41.

Source: 070-9538-00 C9