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Printer Tips and Techniques

bulletBraille Printer
bulletPhaser Printer (color printing)
bulletCalcomp Plotter
bulletList of responses without the prompts / dialogue detailed
bulletList of responses with the prompts / dialogue detailed
bulletCalcomp Communication Settings
bulletHP9000 Print Server (PC Print Spooler)
bulletCancelling Bad PC or Unix Print jobs
bulletRerouting PC Printers
bulletChanging HP Printer Drivers in Windows
bulletChanging Printers From the Windows Control Panel
bulletUnix Print Commands
bulletPrinting from quickbasic

BRAILLE PRINTER

Here's some brief directions on using the Braille embosser* at CC Atrium M3:

  1. Check hardware settings:
    X/Y switch must be set to B (Braille Printer)
    2 lower toggles must be set to left (online & parallel)
  2. Use 'Start / Duxbury / DBT Win'
  3. Read or type your document into a new window.
  4. Check embosser settings:
    Use 'Global / Embosser Setup'
    Set Brailler to Versapoint
    Set Port to "Windows Device / local on LPT1:"
  5. Use 'File / Emboss... / OK'

* Please note that this is an embosser, NOT a printer. Knowing the difference helps when using the menus and setup options in the Duxbury software. You cannot PRINT on an EMBOSSER. You must EMBOSS on an EMBOSSER.

--Jeff Maxwell, April 14, 1998

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Phaser Printer (color)

Customers are charged when printing to this printer via Color Printer Cards ($1 for normal, $2 for transparencies) which are purchased from the Copy Center on the second floor in the Computing Commons.

When printing a document for a customer, please inform them BEFORE you print the document that they are responsible for the document produced and will be charged for the print job whether or not it meets their expectations. The only way we will not charge the customer for a print job is in the event of printer error (i.e. a streak, the paper is torn or crumpled, or a smear). Otherwise the customer is charged for the printout.

Therefore, a customer who's printout comes out in Black and White rather than color will still be charged.

If a customer takes a job that would qualify as a bad job, we still charge them.

In the event of printer error, you MUST write on the printout what was wrong with the print job as well as the date, time, and your name. Place the bad print job in the bin next to the printer.

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Plotting to the CalComp

Here is the initial version of operator instructions for operating the calcomp from the PCs. It is designed to be an outline and a quick reference to help you remember the settings. If there needs to be a more formal writeup, send back any other information you would like to see added to this document.

Calcomp plotting with AutoCAD
  1. create a "plotter configuration" file
    1. List of responses without prompts / dialogue detailed
    2. List of responses with the prompts / dialogue detailed
  2. print / plot to a file
bulletIn AutoCAD
bullet from the FILE menu choose PRINT/PLOT
bullet select the "plotter configuration" file you created in step 1 above.
bullet click the box labled "Device and Default Selection"
bullet - specify a name for the .plt file ( filename.plt ).
bullet click the box labled "Filename"
bulletIn MSDos
bulletuse the dos LPR commmand to send the file
bullet LPR -S 129.219.6.227 -P calcomp (filename.plt)
(an operator must enable the CALCOMP que)

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CalComp Continued

1.0 List of responses without prompts / dialogue detailed.

The following process defines the parameters which must be set in order to be able to send a plot to the Calcomp. When the process is completed, the name of the file you chose to save your Calcomp configurations will show up in the plotter configuration window.

(For more details see section 1.1 below)

  1. File menu / CONFIGURE
  2. return two times
  3. 5
  4. 1
  5. 6
  6. 7
  7. 8*
  8. 2032*
  9. N*
  10. N*
  11. Y*
  12. Y
  13. 22*
  14. 2*
  15. 13*
  16. N
  17. 2
  18. 9600*
  19. 1
  20. .
  21. n
  22. configuration_filename
  23. 0
  24. 0
  25. y*
*--default

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CalComp Continued

1.1 List of responses with the prompts / dialogue detailed.

  1. From the File menu choose Configure.
  2. return two times(to continue)
  3. 5 (Configure Plotter)
  4. 1 (Add a plotter configuration)
  5. 6 (Calcomp Pen Plotters ADI ...)
  6. 7 (1044, E/A0 Dual Mode)
  7. 8* (number of pens in the plotter)
  8. 2032* (plotter steps per inch)
  9. N* (No--EBCIDIC transfer)
  10. N* (No--character padding)
  11. Y* (Yes - include CDCL commands in plot data)
  12. Y (Yes- change Sync, EOB, and Checksum)
  13. 22* (Sync Code)
  14. 2* (number of sync codes)
  15. 13* (EOB)
  16. N (No--Checksum)
  17. 2 (hardware)
  18. 9600* (baud rate)
  19. 1 (character framing number)
  20. . (Enter serial port or '.' for none. The period '.' is the response for 'none'
  21. n (NO)
  22. configuration_filename (choose a name which will represent the plotter's configuration file)
  23. 0 (exit to configuration menu)
  24. 0 (exit to drawing menu)
  25. y* (keep configuration changes)
*--default

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Calcomp Communication Settings

bulletNo parity
bullet8 bit/char
bulletinternal clock
bulletserial
bullet9600 baud
bulletpci mode
bulletterm muting no
bulletchecksum no
bulletIsochronus no
bulletEOM 13
bulletdirect control yes
bulletXOn/XOff no
bulletterm baud 9600
bulletfull duplex
bulletsync code 2
bulletsync code value 22

--Erich Van Sanford, April 1998

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HP9000 Print Server

HP 9000 - the print server we use for output on the PC network.

Print Server (HP 9000) Commands:
enablepermits print-jobs in the que to be sent to the printer
disablestops print-jobs in the que from being sent to the printer
acceptallows pc's to send print-jobs to the que (spooling)
rejectprevents pc's from being able to be send print-jobs to the que.
cancel -e que-namedeletes the whole que.

Note: The accept, reject, and cancel -e commands can NOT be issued from the 'operator' account. They can only be issued from the 'root' account.

Typical solutions for not printing:
bulletboot mpx box (if device is on mpx)
bulletdisable / enable
bulletreject / accept
bulletdelete the first job in the que

MPX box--a box which has ethernet input, and serial/parallel output. We use it to connect output devices such as the HP Plotters, the Calcomp Plotter, Laser Printers, and the Phaser Color Printer that do not have an ethernet port to our printserver. To boot the MPX box, turn the power off, then back on again.

If a printer has not been printing for over an hour or so, and has accumulated several dozen print jobs, it may make sense to delete the large que. Many of the customers may have left, or attempted to print else where.

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Cancelling Bad PC or UNIX Print Jobs

If someone sends a bad print job from the print spooler as follows:

  1. Telnet to the print spooler.
  2. Logon with the user Id and password.
  3. At the $ prompt type cancel and the name of the printer.
    Ex: To kill the job currently printing on HP printer #2 type cancel cc102pr2 .
  4. To kill a specific job (cc102pr2-123) on the print spooler for HP printer #2 type cancel cc102pr2-123 .
  5. If you don't know the name of the printer type lpstat -P at the $ prompt. This will show the name of each printer and the name of the job currently printing. It also tells you if the printer is enabled.
  6. To list all of the jobs in the printers queues type lpstat -o at the $ prompt.
    Note: If the queues are empty this command will give you another $ prompt.

All of the above commands are case sensitive, meaning they must be typed upper and lower case as shown.

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Rerouting PC Printers

  1. Login to print server
  2. Login to su caoss (you will have to ask a staff for the password)
  3. cd /usr/spool/lp/interface
  4. Disable the down printer
  5. vi printername (i.e. vi cc102pr1)
  6. vi commands:
    jscroll down
    kscroll up
    lmove right
    iinsert mode (to type)
    escout of insert mode
    xdelete
    :command prompt
    wqwrite and quit
    q!quit w/o saving
  7. Will say: PERIPH=cc102pr1 change to: PERIPH=cc102pr8 (for example)
  8. Press escape to get out of the insert mode
  9. Press :wq and hit return to save and quit
  10. Repeat for the DOS printer (cc102dos1)
  11. Enable the down printer

Go to vi Editor Commands

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Changing HP Printer Drivers in Windows

The following steps should guide you through changing the printer driver on the PCs from the HP LaserJet 5si to the HP LaserJet 4si. This is necessary when printing the CIS200 Excel charts from PCs to the HP LaserJet 5si printers in any site other than BAC16.

  1. Under the 'Start' menu, go to 'Settings' and select 'Printers'.
  2. There should be three files displayed in the window: Add Printer, CC102pr1, CC102DOS1. Highlight the printer file (CC102pr1).
  3. Drag down the 'File' menu to 'Properties'.
  4. Select the 'Details' tab at the top of the 'Properties' window.
  5. In the middle of the 'Details' window is a pull-down menu labeled 'Print using the following driver'. Change HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMX to HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX.
  6. A window will pop-up with the following warning: "If you change the printer driver, your changes will be saved and the properties for the new driver will appear. The properties for the new driver may look different. Do you want to continue?" Answer Yes.
  7. Click OK at the bottom of the 'Details' window and close the 'Properties' window.
  8. Reverse this to change the print driver back.

--MM Hawk, April 2, 1998

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Changing Printers from the Windows Control Panel

Changing Printers from the Control Panel is only for those situations where the 'Connect a Printer' routine under the Start Menu doesn't work. From Start Menu

  1. Select Settings
  2. Select Printers
  3. Select Add Printer
  4. Select 'Next'
  5. Choose the 'Network Printer' and select next
  6. type in the path and the printer name as shown in the following examples:
  7. \\bacsp1.inre.asu.edu\bac16pr1
    \\cc102sp1.inre.asu.edu\cc102pr1
  8. In answer to printing from DOS? Select No
  9. Choose 'HP' from the Manufacturers: window, then page down the Printers window until you can see 'HP LaserJet 5Si/5SiMX PS' (Use the 'HP LaserJet 4Si/4SiMX PS' if you can't find the 5Si driver.)
  10. The next page asks if you want to change printer drivers or keep existing drivers.
  11. Choose 'LPT1'
  12. Type in the printer name
  13. Default Printer? Yes
  14. Test Page? Yes

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Changing Printers in UNIX

To print a job from the Unix system to Mac Printer HP #2 type:
lp filename

To print to GWC Printer HP #3 type: lp -d gwc185pr3 filename

bulletlp filename--The default print command output goes to the defaulted printer.
bulletlp -d gwc185pr3 filename--The command to specify a destination -d allows specifying a printer other than default.
bulletlpstat -s--Lists the default printer, and also any other printers defined for the server.

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For assistance with problems, call the Support Desk at 965-3260

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