User guide

Windows NT Server (TCP/IP)
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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration
Command Line
To print a file from the command prompt, type:
lpr -S NT_Host -P printer_name file_name
Where:
NT_Host is the name of the NT host on which the remote printer is configured.
printer_name is the name assigned to the remote printer
file_name is the name of the file you wish to print.
To check the print status, type:
lpq -S NT_Host -P printer_name
Telnet
Telnet can be used to monitor the status of the printers attached to the IOPRINT+ Print
Server.
Operation
Establish a connection to the IOPRINT+ Print Server, by starting your Telnet program and
providing the IP Address of the IOPRINT+ Print Server. (No port number is required.)
It will respond with "Welcome to Print Server".
From the resulting prompt, 3 commands are possible:
• Help: Show brief help
• Monitor: show printer status
• Exit: leave telnet
Monitoring
The "Monitor" command will show the status of the printer, on each port, as shown in the
following example.