Axel AX4000 User's Manual User Manual

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Setting-Up the Office Server in Interactive Mode

AXEL Office Server

Then, the LPD/RCMD service must be configured for the Office Server serial
port. Select [Serial Lines]

→[Line X]→[Network Service] and enter the

following parameters:

- Service Mode: enter the keyword ‘server’,
- Service Type: enter the keyword ‘lpdrcmd’ (a lpd port can also be

accessed by a rsh/rcmd command),

- Queue Name: the name of the serial port. Each LPD port on the Office

Server must have a separate name.

- LPD before Print Seq. (this parameter and the next ones are only used

for a LPD printing): character string sent before the printing.
Sequence characteristics:

- maximum length: 18 bytes
- ASCII codes lower than 20 hexadecimal are encoded by using a

backslash ('\') before the hexadecimal value (ex: '\1Bz' is 'Esc z').

- LPD after Print Seq.: character string sent at the end of the printing.

Same characteristics than the previous parameter.

- LPD NL to CRNL Conv.: if yes (y), the line feed character (0x0A) is be

mapped to carriage return + line feed (0x0D 0x0A).

- TCP Keepalive Timeout: the keepalive mechanism allows the Office

Server to regularly check its TCP/IP connection status.

IMPORTANT: please, read appendix A.8 to set-up the keepalive

mechanism and to understand consequences of the keepalive use
(especially for routers).

b - Adding and Using a LPD Printer

The

lpd

utility allows standard monitoring of network printers.

At least two parameters are required to describe a LPD printer:

- the IP address for the Office Server,
- a queue name: the name of the serial port used by the Office Server.

For more information about how to add a LPD printer to your system, refer to
appendix A.2.

The printer is used through a standard printing command (lp for example).