NEC SILENTWRIT 1700 Series, Configuration Manual

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UNIX Using TCP/IP Protocol 4–29
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Send Documents to the Printer
You may use the
lp
,
lpr
, or
ftp
command to send
print jobs to your Silentwriter.
Printing With the lpr Command
To use the
lpr
command, enter the following
lpr -d<printer name> <file name>
where <printer name> is the host name.
An example is
lpr -dNP015626 test.dat
Printing With the ftp Command
The
ftp
command is usually used for transferring data
between computers on the UNIX platform. The
Silentwriter’s LAN card supports
ftp
and can receive
files from a client. Follow these steps to print using
ftp
.
1. Run
ftp
.
2. At the
ftp
prompt type
open <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address from the
Silentwriter’s configuration page.
You can also type
open <host name>
where <host name> is defined with the
lpsystem
command.
3.
Ftp
will prompt you for a user login. Press enter to
accept the default value (none).
4. At the
ftp
prompt type
ascii
to set the data transmission mode to ascii.
5. At the
ftp
prompt type
put <filename>
where <filename> is the name of the data file.
6. When the transfer is complete type
quit
to leave
ftp
.