Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Getting Started on an LPD System, Pre-defined Queue Names

Digi provides an install script to configure UNIX for FastPort. UNIX systems that support LPD include:

•BSD UNIX systems

•System V Release 4 machines

•IBM, HP, or DEC mainframe machines that run TCP/IP

5.4.1Getting Started on an LPD System

1. Install FastPort on the network and assign it an IP address.

2. Verify that LPD and fpfilter socket is enabled. Two items are required to configure an LPD printer:

•Remote system name (device’s host name) or IP address

•Remote printer/queue name (a queue listed in Table 5-1)

5.4.2Pre-defined Queue Names

	Table 5-1: Printer/Queue Types
Printer Types	Description
raw	Sends data with no header and no translation.
ascii	Writes data as ASCII, substitutes carriage-return, line-feed pairs for the line feeds sent by
	UNIX, and sends a text banner and a final form feed.
ascii_landscape	Like ASCII, but sets the printer in the landscape mode before printing.
pcl_landscape	Like PCL, but sets the printer in the landscape mode before printing.
pcl	Assumes the data is PCL and sends a text banner. Carriage returns are not added. Form feed
	is sent at the end of the job.
psb_tek	Prints PostScript binary files on a Adobe PostScript Level 2 printers.
ps	Writes PostScript and sends a Control+D at the end of the print job. Sends a PostScript banner
	page at the end of the print job.
psb_hp	Prints PS binary files on newer HP printers that support PostScript level 2. Use this queue-
	type only if PostScript binary data is being printed.
autosense	Data is checked. For ASCII, line feeds are translated into carriage return feeds. Final form feed
	is sent. For PS, a Control+D is sent at the end. Either way, a PS banner is sent at the end.

To use a printer attached to the serial or parallel port, add an _s1, _s2, _p1, _p2, and _p3. Default: Parallel 1. FastPort supports multiple queues by printing via LPD from a maximum of 8 LPD connections (no limits for host software). The device listens for LPD connections simultaneously; if they are being used, the 9th LPD connection will not connect

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 5-5