Printing on the ets, Lpr printing – Lantronix ETS16PR User Manual
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The EZWebCon configuration software is the easiest method for ETS configuration.
The following sections cover print configuration methods for TCP/IP hosts.
Note:
Printing directly to a port is the easiest method for printing to the ETS.
If you would like instructions for printing to a service, see the Device Server
Reference Manual located on the CD-ROM.
LPR Printing
The ETS provides several major methods of printing via TCP/IP such as TCP/IP
socket printing and Berkeley remote LPR and RTEL host software.
Two parameters must be configured for LPR printing:
1. The IP address or host name of the ETS.
2. The remote output queue (the name of the service on the ETS).
In addition, there are a few important things to note about LPR printing:
Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, and Windows 98 do not support LPR
directly; however, Lantronix has provided a peer-to-peer printing solution on
the distribution CD-ROM.
Because of the way the LPR protocol is typically implemented on the host,
the processing options and banner page are sent after the job data itself. The
ETS will print a banner page at the end of a job, and cannot support most of
the LPR options. If it is necessary to have the banner page at the beginning
of the printout, install and use the RTEL software. If banners are not needed,
they can be disabled.
The ETS cannot print multiple copies of the print job when using the “-#n” lpr
option.
If two print queues on the host refer to two services on the same ETS, they
must use separate spooling directories.
No special purpose input or output filters can be used when printing via LPR.
If this functionality is necessary, use the named pipe interface program in the
RTEL print queue configuration software.
Services
With few exceptions, you must create a service before you can configure print
queues on the ETS. A service is a resource accessible to network hosts. A Lantronix
service is also known as a remote printer name or remote queue name on many
operating systems.
LPR on Windows 2000, XP, and 2003
Two methods of printing to the Lantronix ETS devices are supported by Windows
2000, XP and 2003.