Manual installation on ibm rs/6000 -12 – Digi MIL-3000FTX User Manual

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MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers

5-12

Edit the interface file so its contents function as a sub-shell. Output is then
piped to the

fpfilter

program. To do so:

a. First line of the interface file usually is

#!/bin/sh

. Add a single

open parenthesis in the second line of the file.

#!/bin/sh

(

# your existing interface script

b. Add a line to the second-to-last line (see example). This line closes

the parenthesis to make it a sub-shell.

) | /usr/local/milan/fpfilter -P alpha <

options>

exit 0

Host software is in

/usr/local/milan

. The host name is

“alpha”

in

/etc/hosts

.

For System V Release 4, place the following on the line after the
comments lines (“#”)

FILTER=“/usr/local/milan/fpfilter -P fastport <options>”

Options field contains any option listed in Table 5-3. To use a printer
config. file; use the

-D

option with fpfilter, followed by directory name

containing the

.fpconfig

file. For example:

-D /usr/local/milan

6. Enable the printer and accept these print job commands:

enable <

printer name>

accept <

printer name>

5.5.4 Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000

1. Edit file

/usr/lpd/qconfig

that specifies options for virtual printers.

2. Add the following lines:

milan:

device = lp0

lp0:

file = FALSE
header = never
trailer = never
access = both
backend = /usr/local/milan/commfilter.sh

where queue name is “milan”; host is in /usr/local/milan.

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