Ftp printing, Remote shell printing – Printronix P5000LJ Series User Manual

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FTP Printing

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5.

Start the printer daemon for this new printer.

Example:

lpc start 1000Q

You now have a new printer which relies on LPR/LPD to print to a NIC.
Use the following command to test printing:

Syntax:

lpr -printername filename

Example:

lpr -1000Q /etc/hosts

FTP Printing

NIC contains four logical printers (destinations) labeled as d1prn through
d4prn. For FTP printing, establish an FTP session, followed by a

put

to the

dest

. Since the printer emulation can be PCL

-II, Epson

, or Proprinter

, be

sure the file you

put

to print is both printable and suitable for the printer

emulation. Straight text is usable in all cases.

Example:

Type the commands as shown, followed by the enter key. Assume the file you
want to print is

/etc/inetd.conf

, which is a simple text file.

ftp MyP5000LJ

(

MyP5000LJ

needs to be a ping-able DNS name, or if no

DNS, in the local

/etc/hosts

file, or it can be a dotted IP Address for the

NIC)
at the user prompt, type

root

at the password prompt, press ENTER (default password for

root

is blank

until you change it)

cd dest/d1prn
put /etc/inetd.conf
quit

Remote Shell Printing

The NIC is BSD capable, and has an internal lp daemon. Each Unix system
has a remote shell function which can be used to access this process: Sun,
etc. is

rsh

; UX is

remsh

; AIX is

rcmd

.

For example, printing the file

/etc/inetd.conf

on an HP-UX system to

the second logical

dest

in the NIC:

remsh MyP5000LJ lp -d d2prn < /etc/indetd.conf

You may also use this form:

cat /etc/inetd.conf | remsh MyP5000LJ lp -d d2prn

In this form of printing the printer status will be fed back as to on/off line.

Note

If the file you want to print is a binary file, enter the command

bin

before

the

put

command.

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