Netgear PS100 User Manual

NetGear Print Server Manual

Using Logical Ports

Logical ports can be used to create a "virtual" printer. For example, to create a landscape printer, you

could define a logical printer as:

• Pre-string--printer control codes to switch the printer to landscape mode
• Post-string--printer control codes to reset the printer, restoring the default settings

Another example of the use of logical printers is to print UNIX-format text files properly, by

converting UNIX-style LF (Line Feeds) to DOS-style LF/CR (Line Feed, Carriage Return) pairs. Each

Model PS110 and PS113 Print Server, with two and three parallel ports respectively, supports eight

logical printers.

Configuring Logical Printers on the Print Server

To define pre-string, post-string, and the physical output port of a logical printer:

1.  Execute the PSCONFIG program.
2.  Select the PS110/PS113 print server, and then select Change Configuration.
3.  Select Logical Printer Configuration, and then set the items listed in table “Logical Printer

Configuration Entries” in each of the appropriate entry fields.

Logical Printer Configuration Entries

Entry Field

Definition

Physical Port

Select the physical port for this logical printer (P1 to P2 for parallel ports). Logical printers are numbered L1

to L8 for the Model PS110 and Model PS113 print server.

String Before

Job

The printer control string (in hexadecimal notation) to be sent to the printer before each print job. The

maximum number of ASCII characters in the control string is 15. The examples are:

ASCII = [Esc]&10O

Hexadecimal = 1B266C304F

ASCII = [Esc]&110

Hexadecimal = 1B266C314F

String After

Job

The printer control string (in hexadecimal notation) to be sent to the printer after each print job. The

maximum number of ASCII characters in the control string is 15.

Convert LF to

CR+LF

If On is indicated in the entry field, LF (line feed) characters are changed to CR+LF (carriage return + line

feed). If Off, no conversion is done.

Configuring NetWare File Server to Connect to Logical Printers

The NetWare PCONSOLE must be used to create connections to logical ports and assign print queues

to the ports. When creating logical printers, be sure to select printer numbers greater than 7 from the

Configured Printer listing. When operating in a NetWare environment, all printer numbers greater than

7 are logical printers. Remember that selecting printer 8 corresponds to logical printer L1, selecting

printer 9 corresponds to logical printer L2, and so on up to printer 15, which corresponds to logical

printer L8.

Refer to table “RPRINTER Mode Printer Name Mapping” for printer name mapping.

For more information about using NDPS, refer to Appendix D “Using NetWare 5 NDPS.”