Hypertec Fastprint Multiprotocol Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Print Server manual Printing using Tftp

Print Server Administration User’s Guide

7.Enter the IP address of your HyperNet Fastprint network print server, and the port name of the printer you wish to use.

8.Click OK to return to the Printer Ports window, and then click Close to return to the Add Printer Wizard.

9.Click Next > to continue installing the printer, following the on-screen instructions. The Add Printer Wizard will ask you to select the proper driver for the printer, and will ask you to give a name to the printer.

When you are done installing the printer, you will be able to use any of the usual printing commands to print to your printer.

Printing using TFTP

For testing purposes, you can also use the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to print to the print server. This is not a recommended method for ordinary printing, since it will not work if the print server is already printing.

On most systems, you can enter the command

tftp ip-address

to start the tftp client program. At the tftp prompt, you can type

put file dest-port

to print the local file named file to the print server port named dest-port. (Case is sensitive in the dest-portname.)

Printing using FTP

You can also use the Internet’s standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to print to the print server. As with the TFTP method, this is recommended only for testing.

You can use any FTP client, including client programs with graphical interfaces. To use a command line version of FTP, on most systems you can enter the command

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