For SCO Machines :

Network, Serial, or Parallel :

• lp -dLP10 -o postscript /tmp/C2779c.fsa

The above line would update our printer, named LP10, with an fsa file called C2779c.fsa, stored temporarily in /tmp. The purpose of the postscript, is so that the printer will not try to read the file being sent. We want it to flash program the printer, not be printed, and to do so, we need postscript or raw format.

For AIX Machines :

Network :

• Step 1 is to add/create a new postscript queue for the printer device. Either ask Rich/Paul to do this, or have the client do this (Jackson,Union City) if they support their own hardware.
• Step 2 is to submit the job to the new postscript print queue. Do this by typing :
lp -dLP10 /tmp/C2779c.fsa

The above line would update our printer, named LP10, with an fsa file called C2779c.fsa, stored temporarily in /tmp. The purpose of the postscript queue, is so that the printer will not try to read the file being sent. We want it to flash program the printer, instead of being printed, and to do so, we need postscript or raw format, hence the new queue.

Serial or Parallel :

• cat /tmp/C2779c.fsa > /dev/???/????

The above line would update our printer, named LP10, with an fsa file called C2779c.fsa, stored temporarily in /tmp. On the AIX platform, the spooler can get in the way, so we need to send the fsa file directly to the port. This is done so that the printer will not try to read the file being sent. We want it to flash program the printer, instead of being printed, and to do so, we need the raw format, offered only through direct device manipulation.

Please note that ALL of the current RxLaser SIMM/DIMM flash updates, are located on the NT server, in the P:\RxLaser directory. Each client has its own sub-directory under there, and each sub-directory has all of the files for the updates. The highest letter suffix is always the most current update. We decided to save all of the older updates with lower letters, in case we ever need to revert back to a prior version.