IBM 4019 LaserPrinter and 4029 LaserPrinter

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Product specific information for each printer and queue is provided.

The system selects the IBM® ASCII or PCL emulation data stream without manual intervention.

The LaserPrinter can print on paper other than the default 8-1/2 by 11 inch size and on envelopes other than the default #10 envelope. The paper or envelope size can be changed using SMIT. To change paper or envelope size for a single print job, specify the -Q flag with the qprt command.

If a font card is installed, the system must be alerted. To handle this, do the following:

  1. As the root user, enter smit chpq.
  2. Select the appropriate print queue and select Printer Setup on the Change/Show Characteristics menu.
    • Specify which font card is installed in the top card slot.
    • Specify which font card is installed in the bottom card slot.
      Note: The value of the nn variable is the font card identifier, which is the two-digit number just above the arrow on the font card.

If a PostScript option is installed in your 4019 LaserPrinter and the PostScript option supports automatic emulation/mode switching, the printer can be configured to switch automatically between PostScript mode and emulation modes, as well as switching between emulation modes. To determine if the PostScript option installed in your printer supports this, check the guide to operations manual that came with your PostScript option. Or, verify that the PostScript interpreter is version 52.3 or later, by checking the PostScript startup page that is printed when the printer is powered on in PostScript mode (unless it has been disabled). If automatic emulation/mode switching is indicated, notify the system as follows:

  1. As the root user, enter smit chpq.
  2. Select the appropriate print queue and select Printer Setup on the Change/Show Characteristics menu. Specify yes in the AUTOMATIC MODE SWITCHING for PostScript attribute.
    Note:
    1. The Japanese Base System Locale Package must be installed to print Japanese characters.
    2. Japanese characters cannot be printed with PostScript option.
    3. To print multibyte characters, specify 16x16 or 32x32 dot font with the -F option using the qprt command. For example: 
      qprt -Pkji -F'RomanKn23,Kanji23,IBM_JPN23' file