Edimax Technology PS-1201 User Manual

6. UNIX System Network

6.1 Introduction

The PrintSir is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix

lpd (Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The lpd protocol

originated with Unix release is based on the BSD version

of Unix and supported under most versions of Unix.

This chapter explains how to configure the PrintSir for

TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files

on your Unix system to allow printing to the PrintSir. The

configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax

for BSD based Unix systems. Please refer to the related

system documentation for the correct syntax of your

systems.

To configure the PrintSir for lpd printing, perform the

procedures below:

1. Enable PrintSir’s TCP/IP Support.

2. Set up PrintSir’s IP address.

3. Verify PrintSir’s IP Address.

4. Configure remote lpd printing on the host.

5. Print a test page.

In the next sections, we will describe these five

procedures step by step.