Custom Interface Scripts
Custom Interface Scripts
You have three choices of interface scripts:
•npr.if provided in the host software
•A
•A script you have created yourself
The npr.if method is explained throughout this section. However, if you have a
With the Internal Ethernet Adapter, the data must be captured and sent over the network for printing, since your printer is no longer locally attached. Use one of the following two methods:
1.Encapsulate your script’s code with brackets () and, after the closing bracket, add a command to send the data to the Internal Ethernet Adapter for printing.
2.Use npd as the print method.
Both methods are explained in detail below.
Modifying Your Script
If you choose to simply edit the script, you need to understand how an interface file works. The structure of any standard interface file should be as follows:
process options
(
generate printer setup characters generate banner page data for each file translate data to printer format
) communication program
where communication program is the program executing rsh/rcmd/ remsh or npwrite so the print job is redirected over the network to the Internal Ethernet Adapter.
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FILE=$6
#the spool file is found in the sixth parameter on System
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cat $FILE onlcr
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