Installing a terminal-attached printer

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Before you can use a terminal-attached printer, you must install the printer and configure it into the print spooling subsystem.

To install a new terminal-attached printer and configure it into the print spooling subsystem, perform the following steps.
  1. Install the physical ASCII terminal (tty) device and connect it to the system. See Installing a physical ASCII terminal.
  2. Configure a tty device driver for the ASCII terminal. See Configuring the terminal device driver (tty).
  3. Verify terminal output. See Verifying terminal output.
  4. Connect the serial printer to the AUX or PRINT port of your ASCII terminal. See Installing a physical printer.
  5. Configure a virtual printer and print queue. See Configuring a virtual printer and print queue.
  6. Establish a queue for a modem line. See Configuring a queue for modem connections.