User`s guide

FastPort User’s Guide D-2
• Remove the formfeed option from the “.fpconfig” file. Use
install.sh
On System V or RS/6000 systems:
• Specify an -m argument to fpfilter. If using direct LPD support, send
data to the ASCII queue (refer to Chapter 6.
D.2.3 SYS LED Flashes Quickly
If the SYS LED flashes quickly (approximately five times per second),
FastPort does not have its IP address.
D.2.4 Cannot Print to the serial printer
If the printer is ASCII (or can be put in ASCII mode) or PCL:
1. Reset the printer.
2. Check queue name.
3. Put it on-line—ready to accept data.
4. Set the serial printer port to 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop
bit.
5. Set both of the front panel switches down (D1 and D2).
6. Power cycle the unit. A test page is printed.
Serial printing problems may be due to wrong cable usage. Make sure that
the unit’s serial port setting match those in its attached printer.
D.2.5 NET LED flashes, But User Cannot Print or Ping the Unit
1. Check the /etc/hosts file and see whether the IP address is set
correctly. The following shows two printers: one serial (alpha_ser)
and one parallel (alpha_par) with an IP address of 128.192.1.7:
128.192.1.7 alpha_par alpha_ser
2. To see the hosts database for Yellow Pages or NIS:
ypcat hosts
3. Use this to see the IP address for the host alpha: (If a message that
states can’t bind…, you are not using NIS)
ypmatch alpha hosts