Printer attachment file field definitions
Field definitions and their attachment type fields, formats for the field values, and practical examples of field values are described.
Field definition and types
| Item | Descriptor |
|---|---|
| description | Specifies the description string that appears on the SMIT
Attachment type menu. The SMIT Attachment type menu lists all supported
attachment types on the system. This field is required in order for
the attachment type to appear on any list of supported types. The format of the description field value is: Values for Message_catalog, Set, and Message_# are not required. For example, the two following example entries create the same menu item in SMIT. The first example uses the term_serv.cat message catalog, set number 1, and message number 3. If the message cannot be found, SMIT uses the default text in quotes. In the second example, no message catalog is designated, and the quoted message is used in the menu automatically: |
| seq_num | Specifies the order in which a particular attachment type
is displayed in the SMIT Attachment Type Selector menu. If this field
is missing, the attachments are displayed in no particular order.
For example, to display the attachment in the second position on the
menu, enter: |
| supported/unsupported | Define a list of printer types that are either supported or
not supported by the attachment. The supported field value
is used to generate the list of printers supported by the attachment
type on the SMIT dialog screen. The two fields are mutually exclusive.
The format of the value for the supported and unsupported fields is a comma-separated list of printer types. For example, to exclude the ibm6252, ibm6262, and ibm4029 printers from the list of supported printers, enter: To show the hplj-3, hplj-3-si, and hplj-2 printers on the list of available printer types, enter: |
| submit_job | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to start a print job. If this field is missing, the enq dialog
value is used. For example, to branch to the term_ser_start_job selector
from the Start a Print Job menu option if the
queue selected is of the term_serv attachment type, enter: |
| add_queue | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to add a print queue. For example, to branch to the term_serv_add selector
ID from the Add a Print Queue menu option,
enter: |
| add_printer | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to add a printer to an existing queue. Functionally, this adds
an additional queue device to an existing queue. To branch to the term_serv_printer selector
ID from the SMIT Existing Print Queue menu
option, enter: |
| remove_queue | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to remove a print queue. The Remove dialog
screen removes any other queues, queue devices, virtual printers,
and printer devices that were created at the time the print queue
was created. To branch from the Remove a Print Queue menu
option to the term_serv_remove selector ID, enter: |
| printer_conn | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to change the printer connection characteristics of a print
queue. The port communication characteristics would typically be baud
rate, parity, stop bits, and so on. To branch to the term_serv_printer_conn selector
ID from the SMIT Printer Port Communication Characteristics menu
option, enter: |
| change_queue | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to change the characteristics of a printer queue. To branch
to the term_serv_change selector ID from the SMIT Change/Show
Print Queue Characteristics menu option, enter: |
| change_filters | Specifies the name of the SMIT selector ID to branch to in
order to change the pre-processing filters defined for a print queue.
To branch to the term_serv_change_filters selector ID from
the SMIT Change/Show Pre-Processing Filters menu
option, enter: |