Minolta PI4700E user manual Printer-based lpd, Host-resident Print server-resident

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UNIX Configuration

Printer-based lpd

In this configuration, the printer appears as a host running a line printer daemon.

Digital Copier

UNIX

LPD

Network Card

TCP/IP TCP/IP

Appendix Chapter 12

UNIX UNIX

Generally, printer-based lpd is easiest to use on BSD UNIX systems that require an entry in the printcap file once the Network Card has its IP infor- mation. Some UNIX System V systems place restrictions on support of re- mote lpr/lpd printers, requiring that the host-based lpr/lpd approach be used.

On many UNIX systems, you can choose between host-resident printing or print server-resident printing. The following shows the differences be- tween the two types of printing.

Item	Host-resident	Print server-resident
Banner Page	• User name and file name are	• Host name printed on the
	printed on the banner page.	banner page.
lpd Installation	• lpd must be installed on every	• Single installation of lpd
	host computer used for print-	when print server is in-
	ing.	stalled.

Note

The Network Card also operates with other host-resident print super- visor/spooler programs that provide a print image to the printer over a TCP/IP port. The base TCP/IP port number can be changed using Tel- net, MAP, or a Web browser. The actual port is always one higher than the base port number. The status page shows the actual port number.

With both the host-based and printer-based lpd, you must assign IP pa- rameters to the Network Card. See “12.7 Setting Up IP Parameters” (p. 12-53) for more information.

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