Assumptions:- Customer has a Laserwriter 810 w/ 1.0 ROMs.
- Customer has configured TCP/IP on printer (test by pinging printer and telneting to port 515)
- Customer hs configured virtual printer "lpd" to accept PCL4 or text (see "virtual Printers" page)
On Solaris system:
1. Become root
2. Type: admintool&
3. Select "Printer Manager"
4. Select "Edit" -> "Add Printer" -> "Add Access to Remote Printerâ"
5. Complete the dialog box. "Printer Name" should be the name users will reference. For example, if you use "lw810text", users would print with a line command of "lp -d lw810text <filename>". Users would select "lw810text" in the Printer field of the Print Tool. "Printer Server" is the hostname or IP address of your printer. Because of special conditions, add "!TEXT" to the end (note that this is caps sensitive).
For example: if the printer is listed in /etc/hosts as "lw810" the entry would be "lwpro810!TEXT". Confirm that "Print Server OS" is "BSD".
6. Click "Add". Your new printer will appear in the "Print Manager" window.
7. Open a "Print Manager: Modify Printer" window by double clicking on the new printer in the "Print Manger" window.
8. Set "File Contents" to "ASCII".
9. Click "Apply"
10. Quit Printer Manager and Admin Tool
You can print any text file with the "lp" command.
For example: lp -d lw810 /etc/hosts
This configuration does not work from Print Tool at this time. There are problems with Print Tool sending ASCII that are not answered in Sun's Solaris documentation.