Emulex NP02 User Manual

There are two different ways to start or stop the LPDSVC service.  At the 
command prompt: 

1)  Type net start LPDSVC or net stop LPDSVC. 

2)  Press E

NTER

. 

In the C

ONTROL 

P

ANEL

: 

3)  Choose the S

ERVICES

 option.  

4)  Select LPDSVC in the service list.  

5)  Click S

TART

. 

On the UNIX computer, use the Windows NT printer by typing: 

> 

# lpr -S NTHost - P LpdPrinter myfile.txt 

 

The Windows NT Server running the LPDSVC 
service.  This Windows NT computer should be 
listed in the HOSTS file on the UNIX computer or on 
the DNS server. 

  The name of the printer created on NTHost. 

  The file to be printed. 

The LPDSVC service is independent of the LPRMON service.  The 
LPRMON service allows a Windows NT computer (and all clients who 
can access this computer) to print to a printer connected to a UNIX  
system, as described in the previous section. 

You can login to the printer server remotely from a UNIX workstation or 
locally from a console terminal. 

1)  Login to a UNIX TCP/IP workstation. 

The prompt may appear different than the one shown below. 

2)  Connect to the printer server:  

> 

# telnet ip_address  2048 
 

  The printer server IP address in decimal dot 

notation.  For example: 123.234.345.456.