User Guide

UNIX

AXIS 5600 User’s Manual Section 8: Setting Up - UNIX

Print Methods on TCP/IP Networks

The AXIS 5600 supports several different print methods in the

TCP/IP environment. axinstall will suggest a print method suitable for

your particular UNIX system, but you might want to use another

method depending on your printing requirements (banner pages,

status logging, etc).

The diagram below shows the alternative data paths taken by some of

the UNIX print methods. This illustrates some of the advantages and

limitations of the different methods. Use the following information to

determine which method to adopt.

Illustration of different UNIX print methods

LPD The Line Printer Daemon is a protocol for transferring print jobs

between hosts. This is the recommended method for UNIX systems,

but some System V versions do not support LPD.

Advantages:

Easy to set up – install the AXIS 5600 as a remote queue in

System V, or add a remote printer to

/etc/printcap using the

rm and rp fields (BSD).

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File to

Spooler

Filter/

Model

Parallel Port

printer

Printer

Named Pipe

PROS print

daemon

Devices

DIRECT

FTP

RTELNET

LPD FTP

RTELNET PROS B

PROS A

Axis Network Print Server

Interface

Directly

connected