/DRIVER/LPTI/READ1ST.TXT
Kingston Technology Company
Fast EtheRx 10/100TX Print Server
Version 1.0, January 06, 1999
Copyright (C) 1999 Kingston Technology Company
All rights reserved.
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There are six files and one sub-directory (lpsource) in this directory.
The file names of the six files are:
1.readme.doc
2.doc.ps
3.dumb_int.sh
4.install.sh
5.instmsgs
6.mycc
--read1st.txt
This file.
--doc.ps
This is a PostScript data file containing 04 ASCII codes at its beginning and
the end. It is used for testing the PostScript printer connected with
Print_Server.
--dumb_int.sh
dumb_int.sh is a Bourne Shell script. It is an interface program of a dumb
printer for System V Unix. It pipes the banner page and data files to
PSfilter program.
--install.sh
install.sh is provided to help user attach a printer on Print_Server to the
UNIX system so that the printer acts as a local printer of the UNIX host.
install.sh attaches one printer at a time. If you have more than one printer
connected to Print_Server, you must run install.sh several times.
If no paramaters are passed with install.sh, the install.sh program will go
through the interactive procedure, which will ask the questions about the
configuration of the printer one by one.
You can install Print_Server in a quick way with the default configuration
by passing the necessary arguments to install.sh. The install.sh program for
quick setting takes the following arguments and options:
install.sh printer_name PS_HostName [pn=port_number] [im=interface_model]
[d=delay_minutes] [text]
where printer_name is the name of the printer to be added.
PS_HostName is the host name of the print server device.
interface_model is used only on system V, it is a model of the interface
program of the printer.
port_number can be one of the following, depending on your Print_Server model:
1 parallel port 1
2 parallel port 2
3 serial port
delay_minutes is the number of minutes allowed for printer faults before
the print job being aborted. If delay_minutes is 0, the print job
will be aborted immediately after printer faults. If it is -1, the
PSfilter program will keep waiting for the recovery of the printer
faults.
text is to instruct PSfilter to convert LineFeed to CarriageReturn + LineFeed.
port_number, interface_model, delay minutes and text mode are optional.
If they are not specified, the parallel port 1, dumb_int.sh, -1(infinite
delay minutes) and non_text mode will be used.
--instmsgs
It contains all output messages of install.sh
--mycc
The mycc program is used to compile the psfilter.c source code. Its output
execution file is PSfilter in the subdirectory ./lpsource. To run mycc, type:
./mycc
It will be invoked by install.sh if there is no PSfilter in ./LPsource
directory.
lpsource subdirectory
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The lpsource subdirectory contains the following files:
--PS.aix41ppc, PS.sco3, PS.sco5, PS.sun5
These four executable files are provided in case there is no C Compiler in your
AIX 4.1 Power PC, SCO 3.x, SCO 5.x or SUN 5.x UNIX system. To use any of these
four programs, you need to copy the program file to a new file called "PSfilter"
in the LPsource directory.
--psfilter.c, errormsg.h
psfilter.c & errormsg.h are the source files used to generate the PSfilter
executable program.
PSfilter resides in the LPsource directory by default. PSfilter can be used as
a command line utility to print the print jobs through Print_Server. PSfiler can
also be invokded by UNIX's lp deamon in the background. PSfilter provides many
options to meet the needs of printing a print job. PSfilter takes the following
options:
-D destination Send data file to destination. Destination is the host name
of Print_Server. This option must be specified.
-S Data is sent to serial port of Print_Server.
-P Data is sent to parallel port 2 of Print_Server.
(If -S and -P are not specified, parallel port 1 will be
selected.)
-p string Send string before a print job to initialize the printer.
If blank spaces are in the string, quotes must be used to
identify the string.
-s string Send string after a print job to reset the printer.
If blank spaces are in the string, quotes must be used to
identify the string.
-h head_file Send head_file before a print job to initialize the printer.
Head file must be specified with full path.
-t tail_file Send tail_file after a print job to reset the printer.
Tail file must be specified with full path.
-d delay_min The number of minutes allowed for the occurrence of the printer
faults before the active print job is aborted. (Default value of
delay minutes is 0.)
-a AnotherPort Automatically send the print job to AnotherPort if the selected
printer is busy.
AnotherPort can be:
para1 Parallel port 1.
para2 Parallel port 2.
serial Serial port.
all The other two ports.
-T Convert LF in the print job to CR/LF.
Note: If both pre_string and head_file are specified, the pre_string is sent
before the head_file. Similarly, the tail file is sent before the
suf_string.
With the following commands, you can send a file to the parallel port 1,
parallel port 2 or serial port respectively if the hardware of Print_Server is
installed and its IP address is set.
PSfilter -D PS_name < file_name
PSfilter -D PS_name -P < file_name
PSfilter -D PS_name -S < file_name
********************* How to use Print_Server in a quick way ******************
1. Connect print cables and network cable to your Print_Server.
2. Connect power adapter to your Print_Server to power up the Print_Server.
3. Set the IP address of the Print_Server by rarp or telnet.
4. Go to the directory that the utilities will be loaded. Insert the
CD into your CD-ROM device and type the command:
tar xvf CD-ROM mounted directory/driver/lptitar/lpti.tar or
execute CD-ROM mounted directory/driver/lpti/install.sh directly
5. Change to the ./LPTI directory created by the previous command and execute
install.sh.
cd LPTI
./install.sh <parameters for quick setting or none>
6. On system V, print files by the following command:
lp -d printer_name file_names
On BSD system , print files by the following command:
lpr -P printer_name file_names
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