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Lpd printing, Logical printers, Bsd-based unix – Oki C6100dn User Manual

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of the remote server

“Optional comment”

LPD Printing

Line Printer Daemon (LPD) is the most common protocol for

printing with TCP/IP to a network printer. Refer to the

workstation’s manual for details of lpr and lp commands. The

following explanation in this section uses the printing of print file

test.prn with printer name PRINTER_lp as an example.

Logical printers

The OkiLAN print server includes three logical printers.

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lp must be used for printing a file created using the printer

driver.

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sjis must be used for printing a text file of Shift JIS Kanji

code.

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euc must be used for the printing a text file of the EUC Kanji

code.

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sjis and euc function only as PostScript printers.

BSD-based UNIX

Print using the lpr command.

# lpr –PCprinter_lp test.prn

If the lprm command is used, the print job is cancelled.

Example: To delete a print job (Job ID 123) on the

okiprinter_lp

Logical printer

Printer function

lp

For direct output

sjis

For Shift JIS Kanji converted output

euc

For EUC Kanji converted output