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User’s Manual InterCon-PrintServer
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7.7 Installation as a Remote Printer (LPD)
The print server supports the Line Printer Daemon Protocol. The installation of a remote printer using
this protocol is shown below. Please note that the print server must be installed as a TCP/IP host.
The installation on your system may differ from that described in this manual; so please refer to the
print spooler section of your UNIX system manual.
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The LPD protocol sends a print job from the user host to a remote host on which the data is
spooled. Following this, a file containing control data will be sent to the remote host. The two
files are combined by the remote host and transferred to the printer which is connected to the
remote host.
The print server host has, as the remote host, no RAM capacity installed to save the print data
and sends the print job directly to the printer ignoring the control data file.
Thus, all options inputted after entering the lp command will be ignored, if the
print server is installed as a remote host.
The bannerpage and the lpd protocol can be switched off on the print server by setting the
parameters of the logical printers.
Changing LF -> CR is possible by printing via a logical printer.