Rcp Printing On A Spooler System Based On Bsd Unix - Black Box 37687 User Manual

RCP printing on a spooler system based on BSD Unix

Currently, the RCP printing utility will not work if the of filter is used in conjunction with any
other filter.
1. Log in as root and create a print queue for the printer with /dev/null as the device port. For
example, create a printer queue by placing this record in /etc/printcap:
rcp Printer to IOLAN port 8
IOLAN8|IOLAN rcp Printer:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sf:\
:sd=/usr/spool/LPD/IOLAN8:\
:lf=/usr/spool/LPD/IOLAN8/log:\
:if=/etc/xxxx/hpif:
2. Go into the directory containing the desired text filter program intended for the if field. If
there is no filter required for this queue then create a dummy filter program which calls
the cat command with no arguments.
3. Link the generic filter program to a file with the suffix '.orig'. This generic filter program
may be in use by other printer queues and so is left untouched. Using the example:
ln -s <filter-name> /etc/xxxxx/hpif.orig
4. Copy the RCP shell script to the rcp directory /etc/xxxxx. That is:
cp xxxx.rcp /etc/xxxxx/hpif
5. Edit the interface script and insert the desired Terminal Server name and port number. For
example, if the Terminal Server name is 'iceland' and the printer is attached to port 8
(numbering from 1 to 16).
Then the line:
rcp $TMP <IOLAN name>:tty<port number>
becomes:
rcp $TMP iceland:tty8
Some Unix systems may require the full pathname of the 'RCP' command. For example,
SunOS Unix and may require the line to become:
/usr/ucb/rcp $TMP iceland:tty8
6. Activate the printer for use. That is:
lpc start IOLAN8
lpc enable IOLAN8
7. Set up the Terminal Server port for RCP printing. See the relevant section in the guide or
call Technical Support for an example fax.
Terminal Server User Guide
Using RCP
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Chapter 8 Printing