User Guide

UNIX
AXIS 5400 User’s Manual Section 8: Setting Up - UNIX
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PROS B
PROS B - Advantages:
It provides accounting and status logging. Supports bi-directional
printing. The printer information read back can be viewed in a
log file.
PROS B - Limitations:
A ‘C’ compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the
case of BSD, it may conflict with other input or output filters. It
does not allow both input and output filters. Interface programs
can not be used in System V.
Note: ❏ You can download a ‘C’ compiler from http://www.gnu.org/.
Reverse Telnet Often used for printing via a terminal server printer port. Only
recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed.
Advantages:
Easy to set up with previously installed Reverse Telnet drivers.
Limitations:
No status logging. Drivers are not supplied with the AXIS 5400.
Existing drivers may be slow.
Other UNIX Systems Most UNIX systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with
some ingenuity, a solution can also be devised for other variants.
If the system has BSD socket type networking support, then
prosbsd
(in the
bsd directory of the AXIS 5400) can be used as a starting
point. It receives print data from
stdin, and writes a log file to
stderr. Nothing is written to stdout.
Alternatively, FTP may be used. It is a good idea to use
bsd/ftp_bsd
or
sysv/ftp_sysv as a starting point.
IBM MVS Systems A sample JCL script, jclex, is available in the mvs directory of the
AXIS 5400. It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS
mainframe to an AXIS 5400 using FTP.