CHAPTER 20

SPARCprinter Port 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 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 connected 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 20-1 lpvitest

TABLE 20-1 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. User defined: 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 20-2 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 write-only is the only option supported at this time. See the Access description in TABLE 20-1 on page 219.
image=filename	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 20-3 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_name	Device does not exist.
		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 20-3 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 20-3 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