Printronix P5000LJ user manual FTP Printing, Remote Shell Printing

FTP Printing

5.Start the printer daemon for this new printer. Example:

lpc start 1000Q

You now have a new printer which relies on LPR/LPD to print to a NIC. Use the following command to test printing:

Syntax:

lpr -printername filename

Example:

lpr -1000Q /etc/hosts

FTP Printing

NIC contains four logical printers (destinations) labeled as d1prn through d4prn. For FTP printing, establish an FTP session, followed by a put to the dest. Since the printer emulation can be PCL-II, Epson, or Proprinter, be sure the file you put to print is both printable and suitable for the printer emulation. Straight text is usable in all cases.

Example:

Type the commands as shown, followed by the enter key. Assume the file you want to print is /etc/inetd.conf, which is a simple text file.

ftp MyP5000LJ (MyP5000LJ needs to be a ping-able DNS name, or if no DNS, in the local /etc/hosts file, or it can be a dotted IP Address for the NIC)

at the user prompt, type root

at the password prompt, press ENTER (default password for root is blank until you change it)

cd dest/d1prn

put /etc/inetd.conf quit

Note	If the file you want to print is a binary file, enter the command bin before
	the put command.

Remote Shell Printing

The NIC is BSD capable, and has an internal lp daemon. Each Unix system has a remote shell function which can be used to access this process: Sun, etc. is rsh; UX is remsh; AIX is rcmd.

For example, printing the file /etc/inetd.conf on an HP-UX system to the second logical dest in the NIC:

remsh MyP5000LJ lp -d d2prn < /etc/indetd.conf

You may also use this form:

cat /etc/inetd.conf remsh MyP5000LJ lp -d d2prn

In this form of printing the printer status will be fed back as to on/off line.

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