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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
Logical Printers
Logical Printers can be used to create a "Virtual" printer. For example, to create a Landscape
printer, you could define a Logical Printer as follows:
Another logical printer could be used to print Unix-format text files for a DOS printer, by
converting Unix-style LF (Line Feeds) to DOS-style LF/CR (Line Feed, Carriage Return)
pairs.
IOPRINT+ Print Server models with 1 parallel port support 3 Logical Printers, otherwise they
support 8 Logical Printers. The names (L1..L8) cannot be changed. Each Logical Printer has
4 settings as shown below.
Logical Printer
Setup Data
The line numbers in the IOPRINT+ Print Server's CONFIG file are listed in the next table.
This information is useful if you use FTP for configuration.
Item Description
Pre-string Printer Control codes to switch the printer to Landscape mode
Post-string Printer Control codes to reset the printer, restoring the default settings.
Item Description
Physical Port
(0100 L1_PROUT)
IOPRINT+ Print Server Port to which the printer is attached (P1
to P3 for parallel ports and SP for the serial port).
String Before Job
(0101 L1_PREST)
The printer control string (in hex) to be sent to the printer before
each print job.
String After Job
(0102 L1_POSTR)
The printer control string (in hex) to be sent to the printer after
each print job.
Convert LF to
CR+LF
(0103 L1_CHGLF)
If ON, LF (line feed) characters are changed to CR+LF (carriage
return + line feed). If OFF, no conversion is done.
Note
The maximum size of a printer control string is 15 characters. Printer control strings
must be entered in HEX.