Mackie V7.0 manual Port type Device address Remark

Worksheet Appendix

For “Port type” you have four options:

SERIAL

if the printer is connected to a serial port of the computer

PARALLEL

if the printer is connected to a parallel port of the computer

LAN

if the printer is a LAN printer that is directly integrated in the network. In this case, the printer is not directly connected to a computer, but Xprint V7.0 requires that it be monitored from one of the computers involved.

LAN printers also have an Internet address and a port number. The Internet address can be specified directly or in form of a host name from the file /etc/hosts.

SCSI

if supported by your system.

Depending on the port type, you must then specify a device address for each printer. The structure of the device address depends on the port type. It specifies the special device file for the port to which the printer is connected, or, in the case of LAN printers, via which network address and which network type the printer is addressed. The following table contains a number of concrete examples of device addresses of printers:

Port type	Device address	Remark
SERIAL	/dev/term/tty001	first serial port of the host
	/dev/term/tty002	second serial port of the host
PARALLEL	/dev/lp0 or	first parallel port of the host
	/dev/lp
	/dev/lp1	second parallel port of the host
LAN	129.12.73.68 9100	Internet address and port number of a LAN
		printer (TCP/IP). Ask the responsible network
		administrator for the Internet address of the
	or	desired printer
	lan_printer 9100	where lan_printer is the corresponding name
		for 129.12.73.68 registered in /etc/hosts
SCSI	e.g.:	Device address of the SCSI printer
	/dev/io0/sprin022

Table 31: Device addresses (examples)

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