Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Fpfilter -P alpha -m -f /etc/hosts, Printer Options File .fpconfig

	Table 5-2: fpfilter Command Line Options
-b	Send a banner file (BSD only)
-f	Send a final form feed
-m	Send CR/LFs for UNIX LFs
-D <dir name>	Look in the <dir. name> directory for the .fpconfig file
-A <a2ps filter>	Use the “a2ps” filter for ASCII to PostScript conversion
-d	Send a Control+D at the beginning/end of a job (PS printers only)
-startfile <file>	Send file before print job
-endfile <file>	Send file after print job
-startstring “<str>”	Send “str” (string in quotes) before print job
-endstring “<str>”	Send “str” (string in quotes) after the print job
-syslog	Print the error messages into the “syslog” file
-mail <user>	Send E-mail to user at the end of print job if there is an error
-prog<prog-name>	Executes at the end of a job; sends the returned error code to it
-errorfile <file>	Use file to log errors
CLASS <hostname:port, List>	If the current printer is unavailable, tries printing to the device listed in the List
	(e.g., CLASS alpha:p1 CLASS alpha:p2)
-closewait	Closes all sent data before the socket closes
-pba	Adobe PostScript conversion for non-binary printers
-pbh	HP PostScript binary conversion for non-binary printers

The fpfilter software supports Adobe TranScript command line arguments. To use these options, rename fpfilter as:

•fpcomm: Print to parallel port 1

•fpcomm_s: Print to serial port 1

•fpcomm_p2: Print to parallel port 2

•fpcomm_s2: Print to serial port 2

•fpcomm_p3: Print to parallel port 3

When no -Pis given, fpfilter uses the directory for its name. If the directory for alpha is /usr/spool/fastport, it tries FastPort as the host name and prints with LPR or LP:

./fpfilter -P alpha -m -f /etc/hosts

5.5.2Printer Options File (.fpconfig)

fpconfig can be used instead of command line option.This simple text file can be modified using an ASCII text editor. fpfilter checks the directory specified by the -Dcommand; if it is not present, it checks the current directory for the .fpconfig file. If present, it changes the fpfilter behavior.

fpfilter is executed by the spooling when using LPR. fpfilter’s directory is not that of the users. fpfilter is the spool directory. Syntax is shown in Table 5-3. Entries appear and in any order.

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 5-9