Note:

If your UNIX system has an /etc/printcap file, use the procedure here. If not, see “Printing with Other UNIX Systems” on page 6-17.

Using the Ethernet Card

If the card responds, you are ready to print. If not, print a status sheet (described on page 6-3) and check the IP address to make sure it is the same as the IP address in the /etc/hosts file. If you used the IP address to test the connection, make sure you entered it correctly.

Setting Up the Printer as a Remote Printer

After you set up the printer as a network device, you need to set it up as a remote printer. Follow these steps:

1.Edit the /etc/printcap file to include a remote printer name as follows:

<remote printer name>:\

For example, enter the following command: PRINTRA:\

2.On a new line in the /etc/printcap file, type a name for the local printer being redirected to the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850N, followed by the Ethernet card name, then the path to the printer.

If you want to set up the printer to support different lpr filters (listed in the table below), enter the printer option.

Remote printer options

LPR filter

Support options

 

 

lpb

Binary file (no filters)

 

 

lpa

ASCII file with carriage returns at line ends

 

 

lpbf

Binary file with form feed at file end

 

 

lpaf

ASCII file with form feed at line end

 

 

Type in the information as follows:

:<local printer> : rm = <Ethernet card name> : rp =

<remote printer option> : sd = <path>/<remote printer name>:

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