4 Setting Up a Japanese Printer

The Tru64 UNIX operating system provides a printing function that uses Advanced Printing Software as well as the conventional printing function that uses the lpr command. Section 4.1, Section 4.2, and Section 4.3 describe printer operation for the lpr command. Section 4.4 describes Advanced Printing Software.

4.1 Printer Codes

In an internationalized environment, multiple Japanese text files that use various Kanji codes can reside on the file system. If your printer uses a codeset different from that of the file, you must convert character codes to codes that are suitable for the printer. In this document, a codeset used for a file is called the file codeset and a codeset used for a serial printer is called the printer codeset.

To output file contents to the printer, use the lpr command. When you issue the command, it references the Character Codeset section of the current user's locale. The lpr command also examines the /etc/printcap file, finds the ya entry for the printer to use, and references the codeset which is specified there. If the file codeset and printer codeset are different, iconv() converts the file codeset to the printer codeset. The resulting data is output, as a file, to a directory called the printer spool. In addition, the control file used for printer control is written to the printer spool.

The lpr command then sends a print request to the printer spool daemon, lpd. Upon receipt of the request, lpd sends the output file placed under the spool directory to the printer by means of the printer filter that matches the output device. For more information, see lpr(1) and lpd(8).

4.2 Setting Up a Japanese Printer

To set up a Japanese printer, you must use either the /usr/sbin/lprsetup command or the Printer Configuration utility. To perform either of these operations, you must have superuser privileges.

You can issue the lprsetup command from the command line.

To start the Printer Configuration utility, select Configure line printer from the SysMan Menu. Alternatively, select Printer Configuration from the Custom Setup subutility of the System Setup utility.

If you use the Printer Configuration utility to set up the Japanese printer, use the following procedure:

From the CDE application manager, select System Management ==> System Settings ==> Printer icons to start the Printer Configuration utility.

In Available Printer Types, click on the name of the printer you want to set up. Japanese printer names end with "ja".
```
        Example: DEClaser2300
```

Click Configure.

In the dialog box, enter the Printer Aliases and the name of the device to which the printer is connected.

Click Advanced and use the dialog box to set up detailed conditions such as flag page suppression, or to enable the printer to print user-defined characters in Printer ODL.
1. To set the Printer ODL feature, select the SoftODL cache size (ys): field and enter the size value (for example, 256).
2. Select the Country-specific parameters (ya): field and add the ODL-style settings.
  For example, if you want to use a font size 40 x 40 with ln05ja, enter the following:
```
"plocale=ja_JP.sdeckanji odlstyle=normal-40x40"
 
```
3. Click OK.

Click Commit to save the settings. Click Close.

Example 4-1: Sample /etc/printcap File

lp0|0|ln05:\
        :af=/usr/adm/lp0acct:\
        :br#9600:\
        :ct=dev:\
        :fc#0177777:\
        :fs#023:\
        :if=/usr/lbin/ln05jaof:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lp0err:\
        :lp=/dev/tty01:\
        :mx#0:\
        :of=/usr/lbin/ln05jaof:\
        :pl#66:\
        :pw#80:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/lpd0:\
        :xc#0177777:\
        :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
        :xs#044000:\
        :ya="plocale=ja_JP.sdeckanji odlstyle=normal-40x40":\
        :ys#256:

For more information on the Tru64 UNIX printer support internationalization features, see i18n_printing(5).

4.3 Setting Up an ESC/P Printer

Tru64 UNIX provides two configuration files (escp_a4_10cpi and escp_a4_12cpi) for the pcfof filter that enable you to use the ESC/P printer. You can use the configuration files to set the ESC/P printer initialization codes and to configure the settings required to print 10 or 12 CPI (characters per inch) data.

Select either the escp_a4_10cpi or escp_a4_12cpi configuration file with the lprsetup command to automatically set up the ESC/P printer in the /etc/printcap file . To edit the /etc/printcap file manually, set the if and of entries as follows:

:if=/usr/lbin/pcfof +Cescp_a4_10cpi -Opcode=escp:
:of=/usr/lbin/pcfof +Cescp_a4_10cpi -Opcode=escp:

In addition, you must set ja_JP.eucJP as the printer locale for the ya entry, as follows:

:ya="plocale=ja_JP.eucJP":

4.4 Installing and Setting Up Advanced Printing Software

Advanced Printing Software is a distribution client/server printing system that is based on Xerox PrintXchange technology. Advanced Printing Software transmits and receives print jobs to and from the lpr and lpd print subsystems by using the inbound and outbound gateways.

The Associated Products Volume 1 CD-ROM in the present release contains the standard version kit of Advanced Printing Software. The Japanese kit is supplied on the Worldwide Software Language Support kit. To use Advanced Printing Software to output data to the Japanese printer, you must install both of the kits on the system.

The Japanese kit of Advanced Printing Software contains environments that enable Japanese text or Japanese PostScript files to be output to Japanese printers. (The printer must support Japanese PostScript.) For details on installing and using the Japanese kit of Advanced Printing Software, refer to the Japanese documentation for Advanced Printing Software.