LevelOne FPS-3003 User Manual

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5.3

Using FPS-3003 on BSD UNIX/Linux

1. Log in to the BSD Unix machine through “root”.

# login root

2. Register the FPS-3003 MFP server to /etc/printcap file.

Example: To register the printer of USB1 port by the printer
name “Printer1”.
Printer1:\ ---(A)

:lp=:rm=FPS-3003:rp=USB1_LQ:\ ---(B)
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/Printer1:\ ---(C)
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/Printer1/Printer1_errs: ---(D)

where

(A) Describes the printer name.
(B) lp: Device file name to connect printer. No name
designation required on the network.
rm: Host name for the remote printer. Type the host name
registered to /etc/hosts file.
rp: Remote printer name. Please input the remote printer queue

name.

(C) sd: Spool directory name. It must be the absolute path.
(D) lf: Error log file name. It must be the absolute path.

3. Create the spool directory and error log file registered to

/etc/printcap file.
Example: To create the spool directory “Printer1” and error log
file “Printer1_errs”.
# mkdir /var/spool/lpd/Printer1 Create the spool directory
# touch /var/spool/lpd/Printer1/Printer1_errs Create the error
log file
# chown -R daemon /var/spool/lpd/Printer1 Change the owner
to daemon
# chgrp -R daemon /var/spool/lpd/Printer1 Change the group
to daemon

4. Start Printing.

A. Use the "lp" command.

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# lp -d Printer1 <Print file name>

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# lp -d Printer2 <Print file name>

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