Axis Communications Network Print Servers Manual De Usuario

AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s Manual

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A protocol developed at Axis. Comes in two versions;

named pipe (PROS A) and filter (PROS B).

The AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 appears as a device to the system. This makes 

all filter and model options available. It provides accounting and status 

logging. Supports bi-directional printing. The printer information read 

back can be viewed in a log file.

A ‘C’ compiler is required to build the PROS A drivers.

 

It provides accounting and status logging. Supports bi-directional 

printing. The printer information read back can be viewed in a log file.

A ‘C’ compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the case of 
BSD, it may 

conflict with other input or output filters. It does not allow 

both input and output filters. Interface programs can not be used in 
System V

.

Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port. Only 

recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed.

Advantages:

Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers.

Limitations:

No status logging. Drivers are not supplied with the print server. Existing 

drivers may be slow.

Most UNIX/Linux systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with 

some ingenuity, a solution can also be devised for other variants.

If the system has BSD socket type networking support, then 

prosbsd

 (in 

the 

bsd

 directory of the AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550) can be used as a starting 

point. It receives print data from 

stdin

, and writes a log file to 

stderr

. 

Nothing is written to 

stdout

.

Alternatively, FTP may be used. It is a good idea to use 

bsd/ftp_bsd

 or 

sysv/ftp_sysv

 as a starting point.

A sample JCL script, 

jclex

, is available in the 

mvs

 directory of the print 

server. It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS mainframe 

to an AXIS 5500/AXIS 5550 using FTP.

You can download a ‘C’ compiler from 

http://www.gnu.org/.