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Operation – Epson C82346 User Manual

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Operation

After setting up the card, you can use the lpr command from

any host to direct a print file to the Ethernet Card. The card

does not have to interpret any of the incoming print data,

allowing binary image files, font download files, as well as

ASCII text to be printed transparently.

The interface card can handle many separate communication

channels simultaneously. Unless coupled with a compatible

spooling unit, the Ethernet Card will not have any

disk-spooling capability, so incoming print requests from other

hosts when the card is already servicing a print job are

“stacked,” and serviced in rotation.

The Ethernet Card will respond to an lpq print query by

sending back details of the current print job, as well as all

stacked prints. If a connection request is received after all

available connections are taken up, the card will not respond to

the connection attempt.

Note:

An lpr enquiry may show “missing” stack entries; for example, only

jobs 2, 5, and 7 appear. The missing entries (3, 4, and 6) will be print

jobs sent by a different protocol, such as Novell or EtherTalk.

Printing a file

At the prompt, type (example):

lpr -Allison filename or Ip - d Allison

Using UNIX 5-5