Printing Method; Printing With Lpr, Lp - Ricoh Printer Quick Installation Manual

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UNIX Configuration

Printing Method

Execute one of the following commands according to type of workstation used:

❖ BSD UNIX workstation, Linux

% lpr -Pprinter_name file_name [file_name...]

For example:

The printer name is np, file names are file1 and file2

% lpr -Pnp file1 file2

❖ Solaris, HP-UX

% lp -d printer_name file_name [file_name...]

For example:

The printer name is np, file names are file1 and file2

% lp -d np file1 file2

❒ "printer_name" is the name entered when executing the installation shell

❒ You can use wild cards ( * or ? ) for the file name.

❒ The message "print session full" appears when the maximum number of

print requests has been reached (max. 5 sessions —Job Spool setting availa-

ble). You should try to print again when the number of requests is less than

five. You can check the number of print requests using telnet. For details

about using telnet, see the manual that comes with this machine.

❒ The number of print sessions does not change, whether you increase or re-

duce the machine's total memory size.

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