Netra j 2.0 Administrator's Guide

Printing Properties

Table 9-4 lists properties related to printing.

Table 9-4 JavaOS Printing Properties

Property Name 

Default Value 

Description  

javaos. printservice.

NIS.mapname

printers. conf

The name of the NIS map used to locate printers.  

javaos. printservice. lpd.printers

null 

A semicolon-separated list of printers available for use by the lpd printing client. The format of each entry is printer@server

javaos. printdialog. alwaysShow Printers

null 

A semicolon-separated list of the printers available from this host. This property enables administrators to add access to the printer nearest a given JavaStation. The syntax of the printer name is the print service name, a colon, and the full name used by the print service to identify the printer. Example:  

-djavaos.printdialog.alwaysShowPrinters=

lpd:raw@konaprint;lpd:ps@konaprint; NIS:droid@fred

javaos. printers. selected

null 

A semicolon-separated list of the printers the user has selected to appear in print dialogs. The format is the same as for alwaysShowPrinters. This is a system property. Example: -Djavaos.printers.selected.

javaos. printservice. local.params. serial-port

null 

The port portion of this property is the name of a serial port (which is always Serial for the JavaStation). This property sets the communications parameters for the serial port. The syntax of the parameters is baud_rate:data_bits:stop_bit: parity: flow_control. For example: -djavaos.printservice.local.params. serial-Serial=57600:8:1:none:hh

Valid values for each parameter are as follows: 

  • baud_rate: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200

  • data_bits: 5, 6, 7, 8

  • stop_bits: 1, 1.5, 2

  • parity: none, odd, even

  • flow_control: none, {s,h}{s,h} You can disable flow control by specifying none. Otherwise, specify an {input}{output} pair by selecting from Xon/Xoff (s) or RTS/CTS (h) for input and output.