User`s guide

FTP (File
Transfer
Protocol)
QMS CrownNet System Administrator's Guide7-10
Logging in to a Printer via FTP
When you connect to a QMS Crown printer using FTP, you can inter-
actively request information from the printer as well as send data to
the printer to be printed or stored.
To log in to a printer, type either
ftp
printername ↵
(where
printername is the host name of the printer to which you want
to connect) or
ftp
ipaddress ↵
(where
ipaddress is the IP address of the printer to which you want to
connect).
Example
The host in this example is identified as unix, and the printer is identi-
fied as chaucer:
[unix, 227] ftp chaucer↵
Connected to chaucer.
220 QMS CrownNet Rev
x . x
220 QMS 1725E System; Release 1.1; Firmware 1;
Processor R3081; CROWN 0; ready.
Name (chaucer:brian): root↵
331 User name ok, need password
Password: ↵
230 User logged in
ftp>
Exiting from a Printer via FTP
To exit from the printer and close the FTP connection, at the prompt
type
quit↵
» Note:
The close command also allows you to exit from the printer, but
FTP remains active.