Send Documents To The Printer; Printing With The Lpr Command; Printing With The Ftp Command - NEC Silentwriter 1765 Configuration Manual

Send Documents to the Printer

You may use the lp, lpr, or ftp command to send
print jobs to your Silentwriter.

Printing With the lpr Command

To use the lpr command, enter the following
lpr -d<printer name> <file name>
where <printer name> is the host name.
An example is
lpr -dNP015626 test.dat

Printing With the ftp Command

The ftp command is usually used for transferring data
between computers on the UNIX platform. The
Silentwriter's LAN card supports ftp and can receive
files from a client. Follow these steps to print using ftp.
1. Run ftp.
2. At the ftp prompt type
open <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address from the
Silentwriter's configuration page.
You can also type
open <host name>
where <host name> is defined with the lpsystem
command.
3. Ftp will prompt you for a user login. Press enter to
accept the default value (none).
4. At the ftp prompt type
ascii
to set the data transmission mode to ascii.
5. At the ftp prompt type
put <filename>
where <filename> is the name of the data file.
6. When the transfer is complete type
quit
to leave ftp.
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