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From: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Using non-IBM Postscript printers with RT's and AIX
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Date: 28 Sep 89 15:42:35 GMT
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In article <4053@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> krb@mae37.ncsu.edu (Kenneth Barnhouse) writes:
>Has anybody out on the net had any experience hooking up a non-IBM 
>PostScript printer to an RT running AIX 2.2.1?
> ...
> I think that AIX (piobe) or the "devices" 

Disclaimer: Non-IBM printers are not officially supported on AIX/RT.

I don't know about the PostScript processor you are using, so I'm assuming
you have a file in PostScript form and just want to send the file, exactly
as is, to the printer.

Check the /etc/qconfig entry for the printer. Look at the arguments to
piobe. There should be a "-statusfile" and some other things there by
default. You can add the option "-plot". The -plot option can also be
added to the print command:

	% print -plot file.foo

The -plot option sends things as raw data with no interpretation of the 
AIX Printer Data Stream (see tech ref manual). 

The only other potential problem may be the flow control. Try -plot, then
call your local IBM office.

	-- David

David Luner
Systems Engineer
IBM Madison
608 273-5243