32 Line Matrix Printer User's Manual

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Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP

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Host Configuration

When setting up a print destination on a UNIX host, you have the option

of using a computer-aided script such as ezsetup, npconfig, or

performing the appropriate steps manually.

If you use one of the installation scripts provided, select Configure

Host Setup from the Main Menu of either program to configure a print

setup on your host. It will help you through some questions and perform

the necessary setup commands for you.

The rest of this section introduces you to different printing methods,

with the spooler and without, and discusses each of the steps for each

environment:

BSD

System V

Sun NeWSprint and Adobe

TranScript

AIX

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Direct Printing Without Spooler

Before configuring the spooling system, test that the basic

communications are working with the Internal Ethernet Network printer.

Perform test by sending print jobs directly to the Internal Ethernet

Network printer and bypassing the spooler altogether. You can send

print jobs directly to the Internal Ethernet Network printer with either

npwrite or rsh/rcmd/remsh.

The rsh/rcmd/remsh program provides the same functions as the

npwrite program except that the rsh/rcmd/remsh program exits with

an error code when the network connection is down. npwrite

continually tries until the job is completed. Remember this behavior

when you are manually modifying your interface script because some

spooler systems simply send a message about the error but the error

gets flushed. The npr.if interface script gives you examples of how this

behavior should be handled.