Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations strongm on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Calcomp Design Jet Printer on AIX

Status
Not open for further replies.

drmyers208

Technical User
Mar 20, 2002
17
US
Can anyone help me setup a Calcomp Design Jet GT/PS 5336 printer on AIX 4.3.3? I have not found any useful infomation or drivers regarding this hardware so any input would be appreciated.
 
Hi,

I have found only information about
"Plotter - Calcomp 5336 GT PostScript( E-size)"

are you sure you device is named:
"Calcomp Design Jet GT/PS 5336 "

could I ask you some additoina info ?

1) Plotter/printer type : thermal, laser, pen, ink-jet, ...
2) How is it connected to RISC ? ( Serial,Parallel,LAN )
3) if you use a CAD, which is it ? (Catia,PRO-E,ccd,GBG,...)

bye

 
victorv,

Your description sounds close enough for me. As for your other questions:

1) the plotter is an inkjet model
2) communication is parallel port
3) I will be plotting primarily from CATIA V4
 
hi,
you are lucky : I suspected all of them, but I was not sure.
I am CATIA specialist .

I belive you don't need any driver.
In CATIA plotting (V4 on Unix), the OS don't partecipate
with driver as in Windows: is the application (Catia in
this case) that builds the final file :
HPGL/2, HPGL, Postscript, Calcomp, and few others.
The OS is "tasked" to transfer it on the device.

What follows previews that your plotter uses Calcomp
language: if it uses HPGL or PS, something is different.

Use smit to add a printer on parallel port, and
when AIX ask you model/type, enter "Other printer/plotter"
(I don't remeber exactly the item but sounds as Generic)

Put the name of the queue in tha Ascii field; or create
3 queues (when you'll find the right, delete the 2 wrong)

eg choose the names :

Ascii : calca
GL : calcg
PS : calcp

well: that's all at AIX level.

The rest of configuration have be done by Catia administration.

If you need some catia-plot-cofiguration-file, or
suggestion about how to add a catia-plotter,
send me your e-mail.

bye
 
victorv,

Thanks for the info. To shed a little more light on my situation I am the CAD Administrator here at my company. I maintain the hardware as well as the software (AIX, CATIA, UG and I-DEAS). I had the Calcomp printer working somewhat from CATIA by copying the plotcfg from our HP1055CM. What I am trying to do is:

1) configure this plotter correctly for CATIA
2) configure this plotter for generic AIX use
3) make this plotter availible to the Windows network
via Samba (already installed and working)

I have the plotter connected to the paralell port on my 44P-170 and I am able to do simple plots from CATIA. However I know this not an optimum installation so I was searching for more detailed information on the correct setup in AIX. Thanks a bunch for your help - I do appreciate it.

My email address is: dmyers@meaa.mea.com
 
Hi,
to use a printer from Windows applications,
you need install specific (or almost compatible)
Windows driver in each client.

Then you can use Samba-link using "Add printer" \ Network
and browse Calcomp queue under Netbios-Risc-Name.

You can also not use Samba, but LPR-LPD:

see : faq52-3563

Divide problems:

1) Right Windows Driver
2) Linking Windows - to AIX

using one of the following strategy:

a) Connect, temporary, plotter at a PC parallel port
b) at windows box use, the right driver, but send the spool
in a file (using the user interface option "print to file"
if available with the driver, or create a port in the
server menu in Printer folder;
Then FTP it (binary mode) to AIX, then print on local
queue.

When the draw comes out well, you can approach problem 2

bye
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top