Digi MIL-3000FTX manual 2.1About Option Classes, Class hostname port list

	Table 5-3: .fpconfig Options
fpfilter Option	Function
hostname <name>	Specify the IP name for FastPort
serial1 or serial 2	Send to the serial port
ctrld	Send a Control+D before and after the job (PostScript only)
formfeed	Send a form feed after the job
parallel 1, parallel 2, or parallel 3	Send to the parallel port
mapcrlf	Map line feeds to carriage return/line feeds
asciifilter <program>	Call program to convert PostScript from ASCII
bannerfirst	Look for file .banner in current directory. Submit it before the job
bannerlast	Look for file .banner in current directory. Submit it after the job
startfile <file>	Send file before the job
endfile <file>	Send file after the job
startstring <string>	Send string before the job
endstring <string>	Send string after the job
CLASS <hostname: port list>	If printer is unavailable, program tries to print to the FastPort port as listed
	left to right (CLASS alpha:p1 alpha:p2 beta:p beta:s)
mail <user name>	Sends E-mail after the job is printed or in case of error
errorfile <filename>	Stores errors that occurred in filename.
program <program>	Execute program after the job prints or in case of error. Passes the error code.
syslog	Records error messages in the syslog file.
checkserial	Sends a Control+T to check the serial printer’s status before sending a print
	job. Only for PostScript printers. If no printer is attached, data is not sent.
checkparallel	Checks for the parallel printer before sending a print job. Some parallel
	printers do not make the parallel status “Busy” when turned off. If this option
	is not used while FastPort is in standard mode, then print jobs will be lost.
acctg	Performs accounting on printers. For serial printers, it reports the number of
	pages printed. For parallel printers, it reports the name of user, machine, file,
	and date and time the job was sent.
closewait	Ensures that all data is sent before the socket is closed. It is required in some
	System V machines.
dobanner	Look for file .banner in the current directory and submit it before the job
	(.banner is normally generated by an output filter program.
pba	Adobe PostScript binary conversion for non-binary printers.
pbh	HP PostScript binary conversion for non-binary printers.

5.5.2.1About Option Classes

Class (Table 5-3) supports printing to the first available printer from a list of printers according to the following:

•The first printer is the one specified on the command line.

•Next one is hostname: port in the .fpconfig file.

•Subsequent printer names are taken from the Class list.

fpfilter connects to the first printer . If not, it tries to connect to the next printer. If still unsuccessful, fpfilter goes back to the first printer.

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 5-10