CHAPTER 18

SPARCprinter Ports Test (lpvitest)

lpvitest verifies the functionality of SPARCprinter ports, and bpptest verifies the functionality of bidirectional parallel ports.SBus printer cards have two printer ports: one for SPARCprinters, and one for any parallel port printer.

Printer Test Hardware and Software Requirements

The SBus printer card and device drivers must be installed in order to run lpvitest or bpptest. A printer must be connected to the SPARCprinter or bidirectional parallel port, and powered-up. If both a SPARCprinter and a parallel port printer are hooked up to the SBus card, you can test both ports simultaneously.

If you are testing the SPARCprinter port, be sure the magnets on the SPARCprinter paper tray are set to the correct paper size. For more information, see the SPARCprinter Installation and User's Guide and the label on the printer tray.

The lpvitest verifies that your SBus card and SPARCprinter are working properly by attempting to transfer a data pattern from the SBus card to the SPARCprinter and printing the pattern.

If the SBus card and printer are functioning properly, you can see in the SunVTS Status window that lpvitest made a successful pass, and the pattern transmitted to the printer printed correctly.

If this test passes successfully, the SBus DMA circuitry, the SPARCprinter, and the device driver are functioning properly.

lpvitest Options

FIGURE 18-1 lpvitest

TABLE 18-1 lpvitest

lpvitest Options	Description
Access	This field is informational only. Writeonly is the only option currently available. This indicates that the only data being transferred is going from the SBus printer card to the SPARCprinter.
Mode	Use this option to select how often to print the test image. The default setting is Fast; the available settings are: Fast: Prints an image every 1 minute. Medium: Prints an image every 12 minutes. Extended: Prints an image every 30 minutes.
Image	This option lets you choose which test image to print. The settings are: Default: A pattern of vertical lines on one page and a checkerboard pattern on another. 57fonts: An image of the 57 different fonts that the printer supports. Userdefined: You can use any raster file as a test image. Just place the file in the /opt/SUNWvts/bin directory and save it as the file name u_image.
Resolution	This setting defines the printer resolution of the printed test pattern. The choices are 300 or 400 dots per inch. Note: Patterns such as the default test pattern are printed at different sizes and at different dpi resolutions. The text in the 57 fonts pattern prints in the same size, using the two different resolutions.

lpvitest Test Mode

This test only supports the Functional test.

lpvitest Command Line Syntax

/opt/SUNWvts/bin/lpvitest standard_arguments -o
dev=device_name,access=writeonly|readonly,image=filename,reso=resolution,
mode=mode

TABLE 18-2 lpvitest

Argument Explanation
dev=device_name	Specifies the name of the device. This should be of the form /dev/ lpvi#, where # is the number of the device.
access=	Choices are write-only or read-only, but just write-only is supported at this time. See Access in "lpvitest Options."
image=filename	This is the name of the file containing the test image. Possible values are: imagefile: Any file containing user-defined images. Before running SunVTS, copy the raster image file to the /opt/SUNWvts/bin directory and save it with the filename u_image. The size of the image is adjusted based on the resolution 57fonts:Contains an image of 57 fonts. The size of the image is adjusted, based on the resolution default:The default images print on two pages, one image is a pattern of vertical lines and the other is a checkerboard
reso=resolution	resolution is the resolution of the output in dots per inch (DPI). Possible values are 300 and 400.
mode=mode	mode is the print speed mode. This is the rate at which the test image is printed. Possible values are: fast:Prints the test image at 1-minute intervals. medium: Prints the test image at 12-minute intervals. extended: Prints the test image at 30-minute intervals.

lpvitest Error Messages

TABLE 18-3 lpvitest

	Error Message	Probable Cause(s)	Recommended Action
6000	Error occurred while	System error message
	attempting to obtain paper size	No tray installed
		Printer out of paper
6001	Error occurred while attempting to fork a child process	System error message
6002	image in <name> raster file too big
6003	error=<number>	System error message
8000	couldn't open	Device does not exist
	<device_name>	Device not configured correctly
8001	ioctl fail on <device_name>	System error message
8002	Failed to obtain memory from malloc() system call	System is heavily loaded
8003	Couldn't open <file_name>
8004	Error occurred while reading raster file header <value> for <device_name>	Specified image raster file does not have the proper format
8005	Error occurred while loading image file <value> for <device_name>	Specified image raster file does not have the proper format
8006	Error occurred while writing to printer device	System error message
8007	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Paper size: <value>,Counters: <value>, Print Engine: <value>

TABLE 18-3 lpvitest(Continued)

	Error Message	Probable Cause(s)	Recommended Action
8008	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Error in main motor
8009	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	ROS out of order
8010	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	FUSER out of order
8011	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	XERO failure
8012	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Interlock open
8013	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	No tray installed
8014	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	No paper exists in selected tray
8015	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Exit JAM
8016	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Misfeed JAM
8017	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Drum cartridge is nearly exhausted

TABLE 18-3 lpvitest(Continued)

	Error Message	Probable Cause(s)	Recommended Action
8018	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Deve module is nearly exhausted
8019	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	No drum cartridge
8020	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	No deve cartridge
8021	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Drum cartridge exhausted
8022	Error encountered while accessing printer device <device_name>; Error code: <value>	Deve cartridge exhausted
8023	Timed out while accessing printer device <device_name>
8024	EIO error