Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Usr/local/milan, Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000, Device = lp0

Edit the interface file so its contents function as a sub-shell. Output is then piped to the fpfilter program. To do so:

a.First line of the interface file usually is #!/bin/sh. Add a single open parenthesis in the second line of the file.

#!/bin/sh

(

# your existing interface script

b.Add a line to the second-to-last line (see example). This line closes the parenthesis to make it a sub-shell.

) /usr/local/milan/fpfilter -P alpha <options> exit 0

Host software is in /usr/local/milan. The host name is “alpha” in /etc/hosts.

For System V Release 4, place the following on the line after the comments lines (“#”)

FILTER=“/usr/local/milan/fpfilter -P fastport <options>”

Options field contains any option listed in Table 5-3. To use a printer config. file; use the -Doption with fpfilter, followed by directory name containing the .fpconfig file. For example:

-D /usr/local/milan

6. Enable the printer and accept these print job commands:

enable <printer name> accept <printer name>

5.5.4Manual Installation on IBM RS/6000

1.Edit file /usr/lpd/qconfig that specifies options for virtual printers.

2.Add the following lines:

milan:

device = lp0

lp0:

file = FALSE header = never trailer = never access = both

backend = /usr/local/milan/commfilter.sh

where queue name is “milan”; host is in /usr/local/milan.

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