Purpose
This document provides requirements and procedures to enable printing from a
VMS/OpenVMS (VAX or Alpha) system to a Xerox multifunction device. It also provides a
procedure for removing “stair stepping” when printing ASCII documents and describes
some third party products to use for VMS printing.
Procedure for Creating a Print Queue
Before creating a print queue, run TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS on your host. If you need to start it, use the command:
$ @SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$STARTUP
The following commands create both a host name and a print queue called XEROX for a multifunction device with an ip address of
13.234.167.189
VMS system responses are shown in italics.
1. Use a command similar to the one shown below, to identify the multifunction
devices’s hostname:
$ UCX SHOW HOSTS 13.234.167.189
Local database
Host address Host name
13.234.167.189 XEROX
2. If the above command does not show a host name, use the following command to
create a new host name:
$ TCPIP SET HOST/ADDRESS=13.234.167.189
Host name: XEROX
3. Test the host name using the PING command at the TCPIP prompt:
$ TCPIP
TCPIP> PING XEROX
----- XEROX PING STATISTICS ------
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
TCPIP> EXIT
$
4. Enter the command to run the LPR setup utility. Responses are case-sensitive.
Press the Enter key to accept default values, shown as (default).
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$LPRSETUP.EXE
Command < add delete view help exit >: add
Enter printer name to add: XEROX
Enter the FULL name of one of the following printer types:
remote local: remote
Enter printer synonym: xerox
Enter printer synonym: (default)
Enter full file specification for spool directory
SPOOLER DIRECTORY ‘sd’:[SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD.XEROX]]? (default)
Set LPD PrintServer extensions flag ‘ps’ []? (default)
Set remote system name ‘rm’ []? XEROX
Set remote system printer name ‘rp’ []? lp
Set printer error log file ‘lf’
[SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD]XEROX.LOG]? (default)
Enter symbol name: q
Are these the final values for printer XEROX? [y] y
Do you want to add comments to the printcap file [n]? n
Do you want the queue to default to print flag pages [y]: y
Do you want this procedure to start the queue [y]: y
Command < add delete view help exit > exit
5. When complete, examine the queue status and test the queue by printing the
Welcome.txt file to the multifunction device, as in the following examples. The first
example shows the status of a print queue named XEROX and the next shows a test
print to it.
$ SHOW QUEUE XEROX
Server queue XEROX, idle, on 1A::, mounted form DEFAULT
$ PRINT WELCOME.TXT /QUEUE=XEROX
Job WELCOME (queue XEROX, entry 1) started on XEROX
NOTE: If only one line of the text prints out, follow the steps in the section titled
“Eliminating Stairstepping Text," later in this document.
Procedure for Creating a Print Queue
Before creating a print queue, run TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS on your host. If you need to start it, use the command:
$ @SYS$STARTUP:TCPIP$STARTUP
The following commands create both a host name and a print queue called XEROX for a multifunction device with an ip address of
13.234.167.189
VMS system responses are shown in italics.
1. Use a command similar to the one shown below, to identify the multifunction
devices’s hostname:
$ UCX SHOW HOSTS 13.234.167.189
Local database
Host address Host name
13.234.167.189 XEROX
2. If the above command does not show a host name, use the following command to
create a new host name:
$ TCPIP SET HOST/ADDRESS=13.234.167.189
Host name: XEROX
3. Test the host name using the PING command at the TCPIP prompt:
$ TCPIP
TCPIP> PING XEROX
----- XEROX PING STATISTICS ------
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
TCPIP> EXIT
$
4. Enter the command to run the LPR setup utility. Responses are case-sensitive.
Press the Enter key to accept default values, shown as (default).
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:TCPIP$LPRSETUP.EXE
Command < add delete view help exit >: add
Enter printer name to add: XEROX
Enter the FULL name of one of the following printer types:
remote local: remote
Enter printer synonym: xerox
Enter printer synonym: (default)
Enter full file specification for spool directory
SPOOLER DIRECTORY ‘sd’:[SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD.XEROX]]? (default)
Set LPD PrintServer extensions flag ‘ps’ []? (default)
Set remote system name ‘rm’ []? XEROX
Set remote system printer name ‘rp’ []? lp
Set printer error log file ‘lf’
[SYS$SPECIFIC:[TCPIP$LPD]XEROX.LOG]? (default)
Enter symbol name: q
Are these the final values for printer XEROX? [y] y
Do you want to add comments to the printcap file [n]? n
Do you want the queue to default to print flag pages [y]: y
Do you want this procedure to start the queue [y]: y
Command < add delete view help exit > exit
5. When complete, examine the queue status and test the queue by printing the
Welcome.txt file to the multifunction device, as in the following examples. The first
example shows the status of a print queue named XEROX and the next shows a test
print to it.
$ SHOW QUEUE XEROX
Server queue XEROX, idle, on 1A::, mounted form DEFAULT
$ PRINT WELCOME.TXT /QUEUE=XEROX
Job WELCOME (queue XEROX, entry 1) started on XEROX
NOTE: If only one line of the text prints out, follow the steps in the section titled
“Eliminating Stairstepping Text," later in this document.
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