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Printing

Configuration of the printer

It is advisable to record the adjustments you make in writing, e.g. on the printout of this page. The option - f (English f orce )forces changes to the configuration paragraph printer in the MuLinux configuration files. The program setup makes these changes for us, by asking us questions. Nice and easy then.
Note that here only ASCII, Postscript and HP PCL printers are supported.

/# setup -f printer

                           - Rustic printer Setup -

muLinux support basically only ASCII parallel printers and remote Unix
printers which CAN and-purchased " lpd " BSD protocol.

Anyway, a limited support for POSTSCRIPT and HP-PCL printers is
available.

- print with " lpr [ file ] ".  Lake lpr - h. NO local spool, sorry. -
logs in / var/log/lp.log.


 DO you want printer support (y/n) [ n ] > y

The setup program wants know whether we have the printer directly connected to our PC or whether we want to access a printer in the network. As we have not yet setup the network, we will look at a local connected printer set up.

 This setup is for:

[ 1 ] a local parallel printer
[ 2 ] a remote Unix printer

(1/2)?  [ 1 ]  1 

Now we must decide on one of the offered printers. Those in doubt should first try using just an ASCII type, and having proven basic operation, move on to try the other types of printer.

• "HP" Postscript printer (e.g. Apple Laserwriter)
• "pcl" HP-PCL compatible printers (e.g. HP laser jet)
• "ascii" simple ASCII printers (this type functions in the case of many printers).
• "raw " no filter; direct accesses to port.

         muLinux support this printers:

"HP" is for true Postscript printers (i.e. Apple Laserwriter)
"pcl" is for printers which and-purchased
"ascii" for HP-PCL (i.e. HP laser jet) for raw ASCII printing (work with almost printers).
"raw" means NO filter;  direct printer to port ACCESS

If your printer case in " HP " or " pcl " class, you CAN print
ASCII, PGM, and tiff (fax) files.  "HP" printers support thus POSTSCRIPT
files:)  Otherwise, only ASCII allowed.

Enter PRINTER [ ASCII ]  HP    or  pcl 
or  ASCII    or  raw

What resolution in dots per inch has the printer? If you don't know, consult the manual for the printer, if you dont have that, see the manufacturers web site, or for now, just accept the defaults - see what happens.
Having got a basic printer set up working, you will find it easier to tweak the quality of print later. Do whats easiest for now.
Afterwards comes the question about the paper size. This is usually A4.
The question about the scaling can also be [ Enter ] acknowledged accepting the defaults, like also the following question about the shift (English DISPLACEMENT) on the paper.
If this doesn't make sense to you now, don't worry, just accept the defaults by pressing [ Enter ] .

         -- Tuning of parameter (efix converter)
         RESOLUTION (XxY or X) set resolution OF X by Y
         dots by inch;  PAGE (a4, type character,  legally) is the PAGE format;
         SCALE (HorizxVert) scale the inputs by % factors and
         DISPLACEMENT (RightxDown) displace the outputs (<0 allowed).

Enter resolution [ 300x300 ]  [ Enter ]    or other values
Enter PAGE [ a4 ]  [ Enter ] 
Enter Scale [0.9x0.9 ]  [ Enter ] 
Enter DISPLACEMENT [ 0x0.4 ]
 [ Enter ] 

ARe you happy with this configuration (y/n)?  y

Configuration of the printer interface

/# setup - f port

Here one can configure all the interfaces including the mouse. Here only the parallel interface interests us in the printer.

                    - Serial/Parallel/Mouse DEVICE -

Configuration OF serial port (modem, serial mice), bus mouse and
printer port.  

DO you want serial/parallel/mouse support (y/n) [ n ] > y

The question about the modem is not important with regards to the printer setup. The question about the printer port /dev/lp1 are answered. If the following did not print, use /dev/lp0.

         Serial of port in Linux of AR called /dev/ttyS0 (COM1),
         /dev/ttyS1 (COM2), etc..  Parallel port of AR called
         /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1 (LPT1).

         Where your modem and your printer DEVICE of AR attached?

Enter MODEM_DEVICE or /dev/null [ /dev/ttyS1 ] >  [Enter ] 
Enter PRINTER_DEVICE or /dev/null [ /dev/lp1 ] >  [ Enter ]   or  / dev/lp0

The configuration of the mouse is likewise still insignificant when setting up the printer. These other devices, Modem and Mouse just happen to be configured in this interface with the Printer setup. We ignore them both with regard to printing. Therefore we can again just hit [ Enter ] to acknowledge the prompts, making no changes to the current settings.

Enter SERIAL_DEVICE or /dev/null [ /dev/ttyS0 ] > [ Enter ] 
 ...
Enter MOUSE_DEVICE or /dev/null [ /dev/ttyS0 ] >  [ Enter ] 
 ...
Enter MOUSE_PROTOKOLL [ Microsoft ] >  [ Enter ] 
 ...
Enter EMULATE3BUTTONS [ NO ] >  [ Enter ] 
 ...
DO you want to of CHANGES serial port default setup?  (y/n) [ y ] >  n 
 ...
Enter PORT_LIST [ ttyS0, ttyS1 ] >  [ Enter ] 
 ...
Enter BASE_LIST [ - - ] >  [ Enter ] 
 ...
Enter IRQ_LIST [ - - ] >  [ Enter ]

The test will print a file. In addition the instruction serves lpr.

/# lpr /etc/passwd

It would have the file /etc/passwd print out. If there are errors, or simply nothing prints out, have a look in the log files /var/log/lp.log :

/# less /var/log/lp.log

If the printing was successful, we save our muLinux configuration as tutorial01:

/# setup - s tutorial01

Printing

/# lpr filename

The file which can be printed is transferred easily as option. Also several files can be printed:

/# lpr filname1 filname2...

One receives assistance for setting up printing to the network in such a way:

/# lpr - h

/# setup - f lpd

Unix print server
DO you want a lpd like print server support?: