About The Printing Methods And Installation Procedures - SEH Print Server Installation Manual

Printing via the
LPD Protocol
Printing via
TCP/IP Ports
Printing via
Shell Scripts
Which Spoolers Are
Supported?
Printing Without a
Spooler
Printing in AS/400
Print Server Installation Manual
1.4 ... about the Printing Methods and Installation
Procedures
Depending on the selected printing method, the print server can be
integrated into various UNIX systems.
The printing methods vary depending on the UNIX system version
used. The two most commonly used printing methods are remote
printing via the LPD protocol and direct printing via TCP/IP ports.
Printing via shell scripts is also possible. The following sections give
a short overview.
Several UNIX systems support the linkage of network printers via the
LPD protocol. In this case, the print server must be installed as a
remote printer in the spooler. The user host transfers the print data
to the printer by means of the print server.
Some UNIX systems support the linkage of network printers by
means of direct TCP/IP connection. Print data can be transferred
from the spooler to the print server via TCP/IP ports.
When printing via shell scripts, a printer, which the UNIX spooler
considers to be local, is installed. The printer is then entered into the
UNIX spooler system. The shell scripts route the print data to the
print server by means of FTP.
The print server supports the 'lpsched' (System V), 'lpd' (BSD), and
'qdaemon' (AIX) spoolers. Search your UNIX system for an available
spooler. If your system has the '/usr/lib/lpsched' file, you have
System V. If your system has the '/ usr/lib/lpd' and '/etc/printcap'
files, you have BSD.
You can send print data directly to the print server by means of FTP
while bypassing the spooler. This method of network printing is used
for testing the print server after installation.
The print servers fully support the SCS data stream of the IBM
AS/400/iSeries. For IPDS data, only the conversion of fonts is
possible. Other IPDS features still have to be converted using special
data stream converters that are switched between the print server
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