Adding the print queue for terminal-attached printers

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You can add a print queue for terminal-attached printers.

At this point, you have physically attached the printer to the terminal and configured its auxiliary port with the correct printer settings. The following procedures describe the creation of a local print queue on the host that will access the terminal-attached printer device.

  1. Log on as root or as a member of the printq admin group.
  2. Use the smit mkpq fast path to access the Add a Print Queue menu.
    Note: The screen content may vary depending on the printer software installed on the host.
  3. Select the ascii option, which takes you to the Printer Type screen.
  4. Select the appropriate printer manufacturer or Other. For this example, we selected IBM. An additional Printer Type screen is displayed.
  5. Select the appropriate printer model. For this example, we selected ibm2380-2. The TTY Name screen is displayed.
  6. Select the tty for the terminal that has your printer attached. For this example, we selected tty0. The Add a Print Queue screen is then displayed.
  7. Enter a descriptive name for the terminal-attached print queue (for example, tty0asc) in the Name of new PRINT QUEUE to add field, and press the Return key. The print queue will NOT be created.