User manual AXIS 27979R1

[. . . ] AXIS 5550 Network Print Servers User's Manual AXIS 5550 User's Manual 1 Regulatory Information Safety Notices Important: Take some time to read through the safety notices before installing the AXIS 5550. Please observe all safety markings and instructions when using this product. Observe "Important:" in the text to avoid operational impairment. Do not proceed until you have fully understood the implications. Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) USA This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] If you do not find the suggestion appropriate, then manually select any of the systems listed. 1. . . . SunOS 4 (SUN BSD, Solaris 1. x) 2. . . . SunOS 5 (SUN SYS V, Solaris 2. x) 3. . . . AIX (IBM RS/6000, BULL DPX 20) 4. . . . HP-UX (HP 9000) 5. . . . BOS (BULL DPX 2) 6. . . . DEC OSF/1 (Digital Equipment, Alpha) 7. . . . ULTRIX (Digital Equipment, DEC) 8. . . . IRIX (Silicon Graphics, SGI) 9. . . . SCO UNIX (Santa Cruz Operation) 10. . . SCO UnixWare 2. x 11. . . SCO UnixWare 7 12. . . SCO OpenServer 13. . . FreeBSD (Berkeley UNIX) 14. . . Linux 15. . . Generic BSD (Berkeley UNIX) 16. . . Generic SYS V R3 (UNIX System V Release 3) 17. . . Generic SYS V R4 (UNIX System V Release 4) Systems supported by axinstall AXIS 5550 User's Manual 77 Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux Print Methods on TCP/IP Networks The AXIS 5550 supports several different print methods in the TCP/IP environment. axinstall will suggest a print method suitable for your particular UNIX/Linux system, but you might want to use another method depending on your printing requirements (banner pages, status logging, etc). The diagram below shows the alternative data paths taken by some of the UNIX/Linux print methods. This illustrates some of the advantages and limitations of the different methods. Use the following information to determine which method to adopt. File to Print Print Spooler Filter/ Interface Model Devices Parallel Port Directly connected printer Named Pipe DIRECT FTP RTELNET Printer LPD FTP RTELNET PROS B PROS print daemon PROS A Axis Network Print Server Illustration of different UNIX/Linux print methods LPD The Line Printer Daemon is a protocol for transferring print jobs between hosts. This is the recommended method for UNIX/Linux systems, but some System V versions do not support LPD. Advantages: Easy to set up -- install the AXIS 5550 as a remote queue in System V, or add a remote printer to /etc/printcap using the rm and rp fields (BSD). Limitations: Spooler features, and printcap or lpr options (BSD) such as multiple copies, are not available. FTP The File Transfer Protocol is used for transferring files between hosts. In the case of BSD it may conflict with other input or output filters and does not allow both input and output filters. In System V no filters or interface programs can be used. 78 AXIS 5550 User's Manual Adding Printers in UNIX/Linux PROS PROS A Advantages A protocol developed at Axis. A `C' compiler is required to build the PROS A drivers. PROS A Limitations Note: You can download a `C' compiler from http://www. gnu. org/. PROS B Advantages PROS B Limitations It provides accounting and status logging. A `C' compiler is required to build the PROS B drivers and in the case of BSD, it may conflict with other input or output filters. Only recommended if you already have a Reverse Telnet driver installed. Most UNIX/Linux systems resemble either BSD or System V and so with some ingenuity, a solution can also be devised for other variants. If the system has BSD socket type networking support, then prosbsd (in the bsd directory of the AXIS 5550) can be used as a starting point. It is a good idea to use bsd/ftp_bsd or sysv/ftp_sysv as a starting point. Reverse Telnet Advantages: Limitations: Other UNIX/Linux Systems IBM MVS Systems A sample JCL script, jclex, is available in the mvs directory of the print server. It gives an example of how to print a file from an MVS mainframe to an AXIS 5550 using FTP. AXIS 5550 User's Manual 79 Adding Printers in OS/2 Section 8 Adding Printers in OS/2 This section describes how to set up your print server for printing in the OS/2 environment. Continue with the instructions presented in the table below: Protocol TCP/IP NetBIOS/NetBEUI See . . . "TCP/IP Printing" on page 80 "NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2" on page 80 TCP/IP Printing Having assigned an IP address to the print server, you are now ready to install it for TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The print server supports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method. Installing the Axis Network Print Server Follow the instructions below to install the print server using the lprportd service method: 1. The Remote print server and Remote print server's printer fields should remain empty. [. . . ] Printer Control Language -- a set of command codes used when printing. A PCL driver is a small program that works between the operating system and the printer. When selecting Peer-to-peer printing, all print jobs are sent directly to the print server, rather than through a file server (client/server). A TCP/IP protocol used for downloading IP addresses in UNIX/Linux networks. [. . . ]