Additional Steps for Adding a New Printer Type

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However, if you want the new Printer definition to carry the name of the new printer, you must develop a new Predefined definition to carry the new printer information besides adding a new Printer definition.

Use the piopredef command to develop a new Predefined definition to carry the new printer information.

Steps for adding a new printer-specific formatter to the printer backend are discussed in Adding a Printer Formatter to the Printer Backend . Example of Print Formatter in Printers and printing shows how print formatters can interact with the printer formatter subroutines.

Note: These instructions apply to the addition of a new printer definition to the system, not to the addition of a physical printer device itself. For information on adding a new printer device, refer to device configuration and management. If your new printer requires an interface other than the parallel or serial interface provided by the operating system, you must also provide a new device driver.

If the printer being added does not emulate a supported printer or if it emulates several data streams, you need to make more changes to the Printer definition. It is simpler to make the necessary changes for these printers by editing the printer colon file. See Adding a Printer Using the Printer Colon File in Printers and printing.