Printing Commands - Ricoh Aficio MP161 Network Manual

Printing Commands

The following explains printing oper-
ations using the "lpr", "rcp", and
"ftp" commands.
Enter commands using the command
prompt window. The location of the
command prompts varies depending
on operating systems:
• Windows 95/98
[Start] - [Programs] - [MS-DOS Prompt]
• Windows Me
[Start] - [Programs] - [Accessories] -
[MS-DOS Prompt]
• Windows 2000
[Start] - [Programs] - [Accessories] -
[Command Prompt]
• Windows XP, Windows Server 2003
[Start] - [All Programs] - [Accesso-
ries] - [Command Prompt]
• Windows NT 4.0
[Start] - [Programs] - [Command
Prompt]
Note
❒ Match the data format of the file to
be printed with the emulation
mode of the printer.
❒ If the message "print requests full"
appears, no print jobs can be ac-
cepted. Try again when sessions
e n d . F o r e a c h c o m m a n d , t h e
amount of possible sessions is indi-
cated as follows:
• lpr: 5
• rcp, rsh: 5
• ftp: 3
• sftp: 3
❒ Enter the file name in a format in-
cluding the path from the directo-
ry executing commands.
Printing Files Directly from Windows
❒ The "option" specified in a com-
mand is an intrinsic printer option
and its syntax is similar to printing
from UNIX. For details, see UNIX
Supplement.
lpr
❖ When specifying a printer by IP ad-
dress
c:> lpr -Sprinter's IP ad-
dress [-Poption] [-ol]
\pass name\file name
❖ When using a host name instead of an
IP address
c:> lpr -Sprinter's host
n a m e [ - P o p t i o n ] [ - o l ]
\pass name\file name
When printing a binary file, add
the "-ol" option (lowercase O, and
lowercase L).
When using a printer with the host
name "host" to print a PostScript file
n a m e d " f i l e 1 " l o c a t e d i n t h e
"C:\PRINT" directory, the command
line is as follows:
c : > l p r - S h o s t
type=RPS -ol C:\PRINT\file1
rcp
First, register the printer's host name
in the hosts file.
c:> rcp [-b] \pass name\file
n a m e [ p a s s
n a m e . . . ] p r i n t e r ' s h o s t
name:[option]
Note
❒ In file names, "*" and "?" can be
used as wild cards.
❒ When printing a binary file, add
the "-b" option.
- P f i l e -
n a m e \ f i l e
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