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Epson C82346 User Manual

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Technical

For programmers’ information, the Ethernet Card TCP/IP

mode responds only to arp packets and to TCP/IP connections

made to socket number 0x0203 and the ftp socket. You must

use lpr protocol to send data to socket 0x0203. Also, connection

attempts to other sockets will meet with no response.

Instead of lpr, which may strip control characters, (use - 1 to

avoid this), ftp may be used to print. Enter ftp, then open the

Ethernet Card by entering its host name (for example, “open

Allison”). A file may be printed simply by sending it (“send

filename”). You can use console commands or Scripts to

automate this process, and create ftp spool queues.

Filters for ftp and lpr

Both ftp and lpr have output filters which are capable of:

translating a UNIX line-end to a normal line-end by

inserting a carriage return code

sending a form feed code at the end of a file in order to

eject a page.

The means of invoking these filters differ between ftp and lpr

as follows:

As a default, ftp runs with binary file transfer. This may be

changed to ASCII file transfer by simply entering the

command “ASCII” on the ftp command line. When in ASCII

mode, the Ethernet Card will convert incoming UNIX

line-ends to include a carriage return. To change back to

BINARY mode, enter the command “BINARY” on the ftp

command line.

5-6 using UNIX