What's the diff between printer "interface" and "model"?

[Bob Brazner]

When defining (lpadmin) a remote printer, what's the difference between using an interface program (-i) vs. using a model program (-m)? If I go with a interface program, what command can I use to list the interfaces associated with a printers (lpstat does not appear to have a flag option for this).

[Bill Hassell]

There is nothing much you can change for a remote printer. -i has no meaning because there is no real interface -- it is a virtual printer on another computer. -m should specify rmodel as the printer's model script. If you read the rmodel script, you'll see that there isn't a lot you can control. This is the syntax for adding a printer from the command line (although it's easier with SAM).

/usr/sbin/lpadmin -pmyprinter -v/dev/null -mrmodel -ocmrcmodel
-osmrsmodel -ob3 -ormsystem2 -orpprn -v/dev/null

The above is for BSD remote systems like Linux or Windows. When you use a remote printer, you lose all the lp -o options for format control unless the remote system is another HP-UX system.

[Steve Steel]

Hi

As said in the previous reply a remote printer uses none of the facilities of the printer due to what it is.


#Note: These options must be preceded by "BSD" in the option argument.
# ie. use "-oBSDh" to suppress banner page.

# lp interface for remote spooling.

# Options Recognized:
#
# -C class Take the following argument as a job
# classification for use on the banner page.
#
# -J job Take the following argument as the job name
# to print on the banner page. Normally, the
# first file's name is used.
#
# -T title Use the next argument as the title used by
# pr(UTIL) instead of the file name. -T is
# ignored unless the -p option is specified.
#
# -i[numcols] Cause the output to be indented. If the next
# argument is numeric, it is used as the number
# of blanks to be printed before each line;
# otherwise, 8 characters are printed.
#
# -kfont Specify a font to be mounted on font position
# k, where k is from 1 to 4.
#
# -wnum Take the immediately following number to be
# the page width for pr(UTIL).
#
# The following single letter options are used to notify the
# line printer spooler that the files are not standard text
# files. The spooling system uses the appropriate filters (if
# the option is supported) to print the data accordingly.
# These options are mutually exclusive.
#
# -c The files are assumed to contain data
# produced by cifplot.
#
# -d The files are assumed to contain data from
# tex (DVI format).
#
# -f Use a filter that interprets the first
# character of each line as a standard FORTRAN
# carriage control character.
#
# -g The files are assumed to contain standard
# plot data as produced by the plot routines.
#
# -l Use a filter that suppresses page breaks.
#
# -n The files are assumed to contain data from
# ditroff (device independent troff).
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Get your printers on the network even if you have to get some ex+ boxes to hang them on.

Then you can always print even if one machine is down and you have full options.

Also from hppi with
addqueue -l

You can see which script fits which printer

Steve Steel