5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Setting Up the Printer
- 3 Operating the Printer
- 4 The Configuration Menus
- Configuration Overview
- CONFIG. CONTROL
- ACTIVE EMULATION
- EMULATION
- PCL-II Emulation
- LinePrinter Plus Emulations
- Optional Emulations
- PCL-II Emulation
- LinePrinter Plus Emulation
- P-Series Emulation
- Proprinter XL Emulation
- Epson FX Emulation
- IGP/PGL Submenu
- Features
- Configuring the Emulation with the Control Panel
- Define CR Code (Carriage Return)
- Define LF Code (Line Feed)
- Autowrap
- Select SFCC
- PI Slew Range
- CR Edit
- Select Font
- Select LPI
- Auto Uppercase
- Skip Command Prefix
- Power On IGP/PGL
- Extended Execute Copy
- UPC Descenders
- Compressed CPI
- Ignore Character
- IGP100 Compatbl.
- Optimized Ratio
- IGP/VGL Emulation
- MAINT / MISC
- HOST INTERFACE
- ETHERNET PARAMETERS
- PRINTER CONTROL
- DIAGNOSTICS
- RIBBONMINDER
- 5 Interfaces
- Overview
- Dataproducts Long Line Interface
- IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface
- RS-232 and RS-422 Serial Interfaces
- Host System Configuration
- Internal Ethernet Adapter Configuration
- Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP
- Host Software
- Compiling Host Software
- Computer-aided Configuration with ezsetup or npconfig
- Configuration Through the Network with ARP
- Configuration Through the Network with RARP
- Configuration Through the Network with BOOTP
- Restoring Factory Defaults
- Host Configuration
- Direct Printing Without Spooler
- Printing Via the Spooler
- Custom Interface Scripts
- BSD UNIX
- System V UNIX
- npd Pseudo-device Interface
- Other TCP/IP Methods
- Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell
- Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows
- 6 Troubleshooting
- A Printer Specifications
- B Downloading Firmware
- C ASCII Character Set
- D Communication and Trademark Information
Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP
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Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP
The Compaq line matrix printer has an Internal Ethernet Adapter
installed and will be referred to as such for the remainder of the chapter.
This section is exclusively devoted to the configuration of the Internal
Ethernet Adapter.
If you are setting up the Internal Ethernet Adapter in a TCP/IP
environment, this section will help you in all aspects of the setup
process. The provided host software is introduced and steps are given
for configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for communications over
the network and for printing. Since TCP/IP encompasses a wide variety
of system types, the most common are covered in detail to help get you
printing in a TCP/IP environment.
Host Software
The TCP/IP software provided includes two setup programs, source
code, interface files, and various printing-related programs such as:
• onlcr for carriage return insertion
• banner for banner page generation
• chr for echoing ASCII characters and strings to standard output
• npscramble for print job scrambling
• npd for bidirectional communication when printing
• npwrite for direct socket printing
chr is the only mandatory binary when using one of the interface scrips
for printing. The extra processing binaries (onlcr, banner) can be
configured from the host, or they can each be set on the Internal
Ethernet Adapter, alleviating the host of these extra tasks.
NOTE: To be utilized on a host, they must be used in conjunction with
an interface file.