From the Infoprint Manager Common Client CD-ROM, you can install an Infoprint client on the same AIX system. Also, you can install additional clients on other AIX systems.
The Infoprint AIX client allows you to enter Infoprint commands on the AIX command line. It also allows you to enter lp, lpr, and qprt commands. It has no graphical user interface.
Attention: The Infoprint AIX client and the Infoprint server are available in the following languages:
To install the Infoprint AIX client on an AIX system where you have not installed the Infoprint server, follow these steps:
smit cdrfs
smitty cdrfs
The CDROM File Systems panel is displayed.
Figure 1. SMIT CDROM File Systems panel
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CDROM File Systems | | | |Move cursor to desired item and press Enter. | | | | Add a CDROM File System | | Change / Show Characteristics of a CDROM File System | | Remove a CDROM File System | | | |1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F8=Image | |F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 2. SMIT Add a CDROM File System panel
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Add a CDROM File System | | | |Type or select values in entry fields. | |Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes. | | | | ^Entry Fields| | |* DEVICE Name + | |* MOUNT Point ^| | | Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart? no + | | | |1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F4=List | |F5=Reset F6=Command F7=Edit F8=Image | |F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
mount /cdrom
/cdrom/setup -c
/cdrom/setup -C -l locale -n ServerName -p PortNumber -P DestinationName
where:
On any AIX system, the Infoprint AIX client allows authorized users (normally all users) to use the following Infoprint commands:
If the Infoprint AIX client and server are in the same namespace, or if the value of the server security-level attribute is none, authorized users can also use other Infoprint commands. By default, all users are authorized to use the following commands:
If the Infoprint AIX client and server are in the same namespace, or if the value of the server security-level attribute is none, administrators can also authorize users to use the following commands:
Notes:
The Infoprint Manager: Reference and the command man pages show several examples of each command that you can issue from the Infoprint AIX client. This section contains examples using the commands to perform some common tasks.
To find a destination near you that can print two-sided PostScript jobs, enter:
pdls -c destination -f "destination-realization==actual document-format-supported==postscript sides-supported==2" -r "destination-location" \*:
The -f flag specifies that you want to list only actual destinations that support PostScript format and two-sided printing. The -r flag specifies that you want to know where the actual destinations are. The asterisk means that you want to check every server. The blank after the colon means that you want to check every destination in every server. The backslash prevents the shell from interpreting the asterisk as a special character.
Infoprint returns information similar to the following:
caxton: destination-location = 3rd floor E elzevir: destination-location = morris: destination-location = 1st floor W
You decide to print your job on morris. To determine a logical destination that routes jobs to morris, enter:
pdls -c destination -f "destination-associated-destinations==morris" \*:
To determine whether morris is ready to receive jobs, enter:
pdls -c destination -r "destination-state" morris
To submit the file myjob to the logical destination london, requesting two-sided printing on the actual destination morris, enter:
pdpr -d london -x "destination-name-requested=morris sides=2" myjob
To submit the cover sheet faxcover and the file Memo1 to the logical destination faxout for transmission to fax number 1-709-123-4567, enter:
pdpr -d faxout -x "fax-number=17091234567 document-type=cover-sheet" -f faxcover -x "document-type=printable" Memo1
To query all the jobs that you submitted to logical destination london, enter:
pdq -d london
Infoprint returns information similar to the following:
Intervening Destination Destination Job ID Name State Jobs Requested Assigned --- ---------------- ------ -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 13 Serv1:1104221000 report printing 0 london caxton 14 Serv1:1104221023 myjob pending 8 london morris
After submitting myjob, you decide that you want to print two copies and that you want to retain it for one hour after it prints. When you queried your jobs submitted to london, you saw that the local job ID is 14 and that the job is still pending, so it can still be modified. Enter:
pdmod -n 2 -x "job-retention-period=1:00" 14
You want to restrict the actual destination Printer3 so that it does not accept very large jobs. To do this:
pddisable Printer3
pdset -c destination -x "job-size-range-ready=0:5000000" Printer3
pdenable Printer3
The printer device represented by the actual destination caxton is out of order. To shut down caxton until the printer device can be repaired and to associate a message with caxton, enter:
pdshutdown -c destination -m "Service called Tuesday at 3PM" caxton
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