Administrator's Guide

If login is successful, a message 230 is displayed on the client system. In addition, the available
HP Jetdirect printing ports are displayed. Supported HP Jetdirect print servers provide a single port
(Port 1). For a typical FTP printing session, see
Example FTP Session on page 178.
End the FTP session
To end an FTP session, type quit or bye.
NOTE: Before ending an FTP session, use a Ctrl C command to close the data connection.
Commands
The following table summarizes the available FTP printing session commands.
Table B-1 User commands for HP Jetdirect FTP server
Command Description
user <Username> <Username> specifies a user. Any user is accepted and can print to the selected
port.
cd <port#>
Select a port number for printing. (On HP Embedded Web Server, only port1 is
available.)
cd /
Change to the root directory / of the HP Jetdirect FTP server.
quit
Terminate the FTP session with the printer server.
bye
dir
Display the contents of the current directory. If entered in the root directory, a list of
available printing ports is displayed.
ls
pwd
Display the current directory or the current HP Jetdirect printing port.
put <Filename> File name (<Filename>) to send to the selected HP Jetdirect print server port (Port 1).
bin
Configure an FTP binary (image) file transfer.
ascii
Configure an FTP ASCII file transfer. HP Jetdirect print servers support only non-print
format control for character transfers (standard values for spacing and margins are
used).
Ctrl C Abort the FTP service command and any transfer of data. The data connection is
closed.
rhelp remotehelp Display a list of FTP system commands supported by the print server. (Use rhelp on
UNIX, or remotehelp on Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008.) These are not user
commands. User-accessible commands depend on the client's FTP system.)
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