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Printing using lpd, Adding remote printers – LevelOne FPS-2013TXU User Manual

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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.

printer_name|Remote_Printer_Alias:\
[T

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] :lp=:\

[T

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] :rm=PS_NAME:\

[T

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] :rp=Logical_Printer_name:\

[T

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] :sd=Spooler_directory:\

[T

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] :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.

Example:

Marketing|RP1_PS123456:\
[T

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] :lp=:\

[T

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] :rm=PS_Rm203:\

[T

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] :rp=L1:\

[T

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] :sd=/usr/spool/Marketing:\

[T

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] :mx#0:

Repeat this process for each Logical Printer/Print Queue combination that you wish to
create.

Printing using LPD

For LPD printing instructions, refer to your UNIX manual. The following example is for a
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.

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.

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