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11. UNIX System Network
11.1 Introduction
The MFP Server is available for TCP/IP printing by Unix LPD
(Line Printer Daemon) protocol. The LPD protocol originated
with Unix release is based on the BSD version of Unix and
supported under most versions of Unix.
This chapter explains how to configure the MFP Server for
TCP/IP operation, and how to modify configuration files on your
Unix system to allow printing to the MFP Server. The
configuration examples in this manual follow the syntax for BSD
based Unix systems. Please refer to the related system
documentation for the correct syntax of your systems.
To configure the MFP Server for LPD printing, perform the
procedures below:
1. Enable MFP Server’s TCP/IP Support.
2. Set up MFP Server’s IP address.
3. Verify MFP Server’s IP Address.
4. Configure remote LPD printing on the host.
5. Print a test page.
In the next sections, we will describe these five procedures step
by step.