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Detailed Directions
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Send Data to the Print Queue
To send data to the print queue:
•Use the command:
lp -d queuename data_filename
Note that you must create a PlanetPress Watch process before you send data from UNIX to the
workstation running PlanetPress Watch.
PlanetPress Watch Configuration
To set up PlanetPress Watch to capture data sent using LPR:
1. In PlanetPress Watch Configuration, create a new PlanetPress Watch process by choosing Insert | New
Process.
2. In the PlanetPress Watch Process area, click the unknown task in the upper-left corner at the beginning
of the data stream.
3. Choose Insert | Input | LPD Input.
The LPD Input’s Properties dialog appears.
4. In the LPD Queue name text box, enter the name of the print queue you defined (see “Assign a Print
Queue to a Virtual Printer” on page 8).
5. Click OK.
An LPD input replaces the unknown task at the beginning of the PlanetPress Watch process, which
captures the data sent from the UNIX computer. In PlanetPress Watch Configuration, you then
configure the rest of the tasks that process this incoming data, including where and how it is output.
You then send the configuration to PlanetPress Watch to run. Refer to the PlanetPress Watch User’s
Guide for more information about its LPR client and LPD server services, and for setting up PlanetPress
Watch processes.