LevelOne FPS-2101TXU Manuale Utente
Level One Printer Servers
Adding Remote Printers
A remote printer is added by inserting the following line in the /etc/printcap file.
The entry is really one line, but can be entered as
shown. Use a TAB character where shown.
shown. Use a TAB character where shown.
printer_name|Remote_Printer_Alias:\
[T
[T
AB
] :lp=:\
[T
AB
] :rm=PS_NAME:\
[T
AB
] :rp=Logical_Printer_name:\
[T
AB
] :sd=Spooler_directory:\
[T
AB
] :mx#0:
Where:
printer_name is the Print Queue name used to store jobs for the corresponding logical
printer
PS_NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server name defined in /etc/hosts
Logical_Printer_name is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server
(L1..L3 or L1..L8)
Spooler_directory is the directory you created in Step 6.
printer
PS_NAME is the LevelOne Printer Server name defined in /etc/hosts
Logical_Printer_name is the logical printer name on the LevelOne Printer Server
(L1..L3 or L1..L8)
Spooler_directory is the directory you created in Step 6.
Example:
Marketing|RP1_PS123456:\
[T
[T
AB
] :lp=:\
[T
AB
] :rm=PS_Rm203:\
[T
AB
] :rp=L1:\
[T
AB
] :sd=/usr/spool/Marketing:\
[T
AB
] :mx#0:
Repeat this process for each Logical Printer/Print Queue combination that you wish to
create.
create.
Printing using LPD
For LPD printing instructions, refer to your UNIX manual. The following example is for a
BSD system:
BSD system:
lpr -P printer_name filename
Where:
printer_name is the name of the Print Queue defined on the Unix host.
filename is the name of the file you wish to print.
printer_name is the name of the Print Queue defined on the Unix host.
filename is the name of the file you wish to print.
Example:
lpr -P Marketing /etc/hosts
In the above example, the /etc/hosts file is sent to the printer queue Marketing. It will then
be sent to the logical printer associated with this queue.
be sent to the logical printer associated with this queue.
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