On 03.11.2010 22:06, David Boyes wrote:
i've a SLES11 ZLinux running on LPAR (no Z/VM) and i want to use that
printer with SLES11 by IPP protocol. But there is no matching driver in
SLES and nothing on internet about Linux (except IBM's Windows and AIX
driver).
Anyone has any knowledge about the drivers or any other advices?
1. You must have the Ethernet option for the printer, or connect it to a
network print server that still understands Centronics parallel (will probably
require a USB to Centronics cable; print servers that have parallel ports are
very hard to find these days. HP Jetdirect print servers are terrific for
this.). There is no channel-attached printer support in CUPS unless you want me
to create it (offlist, please).
2. Define it to CUPS as a LPD or "socket" type printer (depending on the type
of print server interface you use).
3. Define it to CUPS as a IBM Proprinter or Epson FX-1050. The Epson driver is
a bit more full-featured (but doesn't work as well with the model v5P and v1P),
but the Proprinter one is pretty much guaranteed to work regardless of which
model 6500 you have. See #4 below --- do NOT hardcode escape sequences in the
output, or you'll regret it later.
4. If you want to do anything fancy with it (eg barcodes, etc), create the
input in PostScript and let CUPS convert to raster. It will make your life
easier when you eventually switch to a laser printer.
If you need more help, or a custom printer driver written, drop me a note
offlist.
-- db
Thanks David for your advices.
What i did is, created the printer using IPP (socket) with IBM
Proprinter driver, the result was pages of garbage characters for a text
file writing just "test" inside. Then i converted the text file to
postscript using paps , the result was same.
The result for Epson FX-1050 was just nothing. The job was seemed
finished succesfully, but there was no action on printer, for both text
and postscript files.
Before going with custom driver or extra effords, I'll discuss with IBM
about the meaning of "Z/Linux supported". Because IBM sold this Z9 and
the printer here with comments "Z/Linux supported".
Regards
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