Configuring a Printer without Adding a Queue

Use the following procedure if you want to add a printer or plotter, but you do not want to spool print jobs.

Note: If you also want to add print queues when you configure your printer, refer to "Initial Printer Configuration" .

Prerequisites

The printer or plotter must be physically attached to your system to configure the printer port.

smit Command

1. At the system prompt, type:

   smit pdp

2. Select Add a Printer/Plotter.

3. Provide additional information as prompted.

qprt Command

The following describes how to queue a print job using the qprt command, the enq command, the lp command, or the lpr command. The syntax is the same for all three queuing commands, except that the -d flag (instead of the -P flag) should be specified with the lp command:

Command -PQueueName FileName

where:

The following example demonstrates how to use the qprt command:

qprt -Pfastest myfile

Refer to the individual queuing commands for additional flags that can be specified.