Digital Equipment RapidPrint 500, Reference Manual

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To start the RTELPD daemon process, issue the command
/usr/spool/rtel/rtelpd -s
from a
shell prompt. You can check the RTEL setup by sending data into the named pipe and seeing if it
appears at the printer.
Figure 10-24: Checking RTEL Setup
Obviously, if the printer is a PostScript printer, a PostScript job should be sent to the pipe. Remem-
ber to add the
/usr/spool/rtel/rtelpd -s
command to the host startup files so that the
RTELPD daemon will be started automatically each time the system boots.
Once the RTELPD daemon is running, a UNIX print queue can be configured and should use the
named pipe as its output device. This allows all the normal option processing associated with
host-supplied or third-party backend programs.
10.3.5.1 RTELPD Command Line Parameters and Options
The RTELPD daemon process has a set of command line options, which are detailed in the follow-
ing table.
NOTE: See the RTELPD man page for more information about each of these options and
what they do.
# cat /etc/hosts > /dev/rtp1
Table 10-2: RTELPD Command Line Options
Option Description Usage
b rteld spawned as a system daemon -b
c specify a host and service to connect to -c service@host
e convert <lf> into <cr><lf> -e
h help screen -h
k kill daemon for the specified named pipe -k/dev/pipe
kill all running RTELPD daemon processes -kall
n named pipe to use -n/dev/pipe
p specify a password for the remote service -ppassword
r shows all active RTELPD sessions -r
s start rtelpd daemons in server_hosts file -s
v Show version of RTEL software -v