[Simh] Printer on TOPS-10

[Quentin North]

Possibly a silly question, but does anyone know how to get the printer to work on TOPS-10 on simh? I have attached a printer files to the printer device but the printer and the spooler fills up with output on TOPS-10, but the the printer stays offline in TOPS-10 and I cant find out how to get it online.

My startup scripts as follows:
set tim y2k
att rp0 disks/t10.dsk
att lp20 printer.out
set dz 8b
att -am dz 2020
boot rp0

When I get TOPS-10 up and try to print I can’t seem to get it to do anything:

OPR>  
18:19:42                -- System Queues Listing --

Printer Queue:
Job Name   Req#    Limit             User
--------  ------  -------  ------------------------
  BCPL         3        6  OPR    [1,2]
There is 1 job in the queue (none in progress); 6 pages
OPR>show messages
OPR>  
18:19:49        --No outstanding messages--
OPR>show status printer
OPR>  
18:19:59                -- System Device Status --

Printer Status:
  Unit      Status
  ----  ---------------
     0  Not Available

OPR>stop printer 0
OPR>  
18:20:20        Printer 0  -- Stopped --
OPR>abort printer 0/purge
OPR>  
18:20:30        Printer 0  -- Not Active --
OPR>start printer 0
OPR>  
18:20:37        Printer 0  -- Already Started --
OPR>show status printer
OPR>  
18:20:46                -- System Device Status --

Printer Status:
  Unit      Status
  ----  ---------------
     0  Stopped

OPR>start printer 0
OPR>  
18:20:55        Printer 0  -- Already Started --

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