Manual page for ESETUP(1)
Esetup - Associate printer model and font set with printer queue.
SYNOPSIS
esetup [ -d -l ] qnames...
DESCRIPTION
Esetup
establishes printer queues for
eroff.
The printer queues define:
- 1.
-
Which printer you are using,
such as a LaserJet Series II, or Apple LaserWriter,
- 2.
-
The fonts you will be using with the selected printer,
if your printer uses downloaded or cartridge fonts,
- 3.
-
Where jobs should be directed for printing, and
- 4.
-
If you have multiple printers,
which is to be the default.
Collectively,
the printer model, font set, and port, establish what is called a
queue.
On MS-DOS,
the queue name is simply a symbolic reference to the printer/fonts/port.
On UNIX,
the queue name is also the printer queue to which print jobs will be sent.
Popular queue names are
lj for LaserJet printers,
ps for PostScript printers, and
im for Impress printers.
A companion command
ljadmin is also used with the HP LaserJet
printer family when downloaded fonts are used.
Esetup is typically run:
- 1.
-
When a printer is first connected to the system,
- 2.
-
If the printer uses font cartridges,
whenever cartridges are changed, and
- 3.
-
If the printer uses downloaded soft fonts,
whenever new fonts are added to (or removed from) the system.
Esetup
is interactive.
You will be asked the printer type,
which fonts you will be using,
and, on MS-DOS, which port this printer is connected to.
You will then be asked if you would like to make this printer
queue the default queue.
On UNIX systems, if you select a queue name for which there
is no line printer queue definition,
you must create it!
Esetup
does not create the actual line printer queue definition.
Refer to your Line Printer Spooling System documentation regarding this.
The following options are also available:
- -d
-
Delete the named printer queue.
For example,
esetup -d lasershmet
deletes the queue lasershmet.
- -l
-
List the named printer queue(s).
For example,
esetup -l lj
displays the current configuration of the queue named lj.
FILES
/usr/lib/font/eroff/*.PTR - printer definitions.
/usr/lib/font/eroff/*.??[CS] - font definitions.
/usr/lib/font/eroff/*.q - printer queue definitions.
/usr/lib/font/eroff/*.cfl - font lists generated by esetup.
/usr/lib/font/eroff/DEFAULTQ - deault printer queue.
/usr/spool/ljadmin/queue.db - downloaded font database.
SEE ALSO
ljadmin(1), esetup(5), eroff(1), ljfonts(5)
LEVEL
This page describes those features in Eroff 2.2 and later.
DESKJET NOTES
We have included several configuration files with esetup
for use with the HP DeskJet printer.
You may be able to print some simple plain text with Eroff to the DeskJet.
However, due to this printer's limitations, the DeskJet is currently considered
an unsupported printer with Eroff.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97
