Configuring LPD

The following table lists the print characteristics that you can configure:

Characteristic

Description

 

 

AUTOCR

Automatically inserts a carriage return. When you enable

 

this option, the access server inserts a carriage return after

 

each line feed character if there is no existing carriage

 

return. The AUTOCR option applies only to ASCII text

 

files.

CONNECTIONS

Specifies whether a user can queue a print job to a printer.

 

You use this option to disable access to a printer

 

temporarily for reasons such as routine maintenance or

 

adding paper.

FLAGPAGE

Specifies a message that prints on the flag page that prints

 

before the file data.

HEADER

Specifies whether a header page prints before the file data.

 

You can set this option so that no header page prints if the

 

access server does not know the user name at the start of the

 

print job (for example, if the access server receives the data

 

file before it receives the control file).

IDENTIFICATION

Specifies a text string (40 characters or less) that is

 

associated with a printer.

TRAILER

Enables or disables printing of a trailer page after file data

 

prints. You can set this option so that no trailer page prints

 

if the access server does not know the user name at the start

 

of the print job (for example, if the access server receives

 

the data file before it receives the control file).

TYPE

Specifies ASCII or PostScript. Use this option to determine

 

the kind of flag page or pages to send to the printer.

 

 

Setting Port Characteristics

For LPD to communicate with your printers, you must set the following port characteristics:

∙ACCESS REMOTE

∙AUTOBAUD DISABLED

∙FLOW CONTROL, PARITY, SPEED and STOP BITS to match the printer’s settings

Use the DEFINE/SET/CHANGE PORT command to configure port characteristics.

14-6 Configuring LPD Printers