IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24

Product specific information for the printers and queue system is provided.

IBM® Network Printers can print on paper other than the default 8 1/2 by 11 inch size. The paper size can be changed using SMIT, see IBM Network Color Printer for detail information. To change paper size for a single print job, specify the -Q flag with the qprt command.

To print more lines per page than the line space allows (6 or 8 lines per inch), specify the number of lines per page. The line spacing is compressed to allow the larger number of lines to fit on a page. For example, if the line spacing is 6 lines per inch, entering the command qprt -l 66 FileName causes the file FileName to print at 66 lines per page instead of the default 60 lines per page.

The IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24 support the following fonts and pitches:

Allowed pitch values and fonts

Font Allowed pitch values
courier 10, 12, or 17 pitch
courier-bold 10, 12, or 17 pitch
courier-italic-bold 10, 12, or 17 pitch
lettergothic 10, 12, or 17 pitch
lettergothic-bold 10, 12, or 17 pitch
lettergothic-italic 10, 12, or 17 pitch
lineprinter 17 pitch

For example, entering the following command qprt -s Lineprinter -p 17 FileName causes the file FileName to be printed in lineprinter font at 17 pitch (17 characters per inch).

The following are the type styles for Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew:

Types of Arabic, Greek and Hebrew styles

Arabic Type Styles Greek Type Styles Hebrew Type Styles
typing typing-italic typing-bold typing-bold-italic grcour grcour-oblique grcour-bold grcour-bold-oblique shalom shalom-bold shalom-italic shalom-bold-italic
rokaa rokaa-italic rokaa-bold rokaa-bold-italic grhelvet grhelvet-bold grhelvet-oblique grhelvet-bold-oblique narkisstam narkisstam-bold narkisstam-italic narkisstam-bold-italic
setting setting-italic setting-bold setting-bold-italic grtimesnr grtimesnr-bold grtimesnr-oblique grtimesnr-bold-oblique narkissim narkissim-bold narkissim-italic narkissim-bold-italic
Note: Be sure to download the fonts to the Flash SIM or to a hard disk drive on the printer when using the Arabic, Greek, or Hebrew type styles.
The IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24 support the following output bins. The output bins can be accessed using the (-=) flag of the qprt command. The following table shows the possible values and the corresponding output bin destination.

List of possible values and the corresponding output bin destination for IBM Network Printer 12

-= value (#) destination output bin
0 Main output tray
1 Face-up (rear) tray
-= value (#) destination output bin
0 Main output tray
1 Mail Box Bin 1
2 Mail Box Bin 2
3 Mail Box Bin 3
4 Mail Box Bin 4
5 Mail Box Bin 5
6 Mail Box Bin 6
7 Mail Box Bin 7
8 Mail Box Bin 8
9 Mail Box Bin 9
10 Mail Box Bin 10
50 Offset Bin

List of possible values and the corresponding output bin destination for IBM Network Printer 24

-= value (#) destination output bin
0 Auto Output Bin
1 Main Output Tray
2 Face-up (Rear Bin)
3 Upper Finisher Bin Face-down
4 Middle Finisher Bin Face-down
5 Lower Finisher Bin Face-down
6 Upper Finisher Bin Face-up
7 Middle Finisher Bin Face-up
8 Lower Finisher Bin Face-up
9 Auto Finisher Bin Face-down
The following additional qprt option flags that are valid using the PS or PCL queue of the Network Printer 24 only:

List of additional flags that are valid by using the Network Printer 24.

Item Descriptor
-e # Specifies staple and collation. The -e #option flag only works if a face-down finisher bin is selected. See -= option flag for more information.
0
Default Printer Setting
1
Portrait Staple
2
Landscape Staple
3
Two Portrait Staples
4
Two Landscape Staples
5
Offset Jog at end of Job
6
Offset Jog at end of Set
7
No Stapling or Collating
Valid queue names located on the IBM Network Printer 12, 17, and 24 include:

List of valid queue names on the Network Printer.

Item Descriptor
TEXT Data that requires line feed and carriage-return processing.
PASS Data that requires no further processing.