●The LAN hardware address (or station address) of the print server. This address is printed with print server status information on the HP Jetdirect configuration page and is of the form:
LAN HW ADDRESS: xxxxxxxxxxxx
where x is a hexadecimal digit (for example, 001083123ABC).
●An IP address configured on the HP Jetdirect print server.
LPD Setup Overview
The following steps are necessary to configure the HP Jetdirect print server for LPD printing:
1.Setting up IP parameters.
2.Setting up print queues.
3.Printing a test file.
The following sections provide detailed descriptions for each step.
Step 1. Setting Up IP Parameters
To set up IP parameters on the HP Jetdirect print server, refer to chapter 3. For more information on TCP/IP networks, refer to appendix A.
Step 2. Setting Up Print Queues
You must set up a print queue for each printer or printer personality (PCL or PostScript) you use on your system. Also, different queues are required for formatted and unformatted files. The queue names text and raw in the following examples (see rp tag) have special meanings.
Table 4.2 Supported Queue Names
raw, raw1, raw2, raw3 | no processing | ||
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text, text1, | text2, | text3 | carriage return added |
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auto, auto1, | auto2, | auto3 | automatic |
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