Oki OkiLAN 6120e, User Manual

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Section 4 - Chapter 3 - TCP/IP Configuration and Printing
OKI OkiLAN 6120e User’s Guide
TCP/IP
Configuring for TCP/IP Network
Printing
Most computers that support TCP/IP network printing
use the Remote Line Printer Daemon (LPD) protocol.
This protocol was originally part of the Berkeley
Software Distribution (BSD) version of the UNIX
operating system. Remote LPD was quickly adopted as
a de facto standard. As a result, Remote LPD is now
supported by most versions of the UNIX operating
system and by many TCP/IP packages available for
other operating systems. Configuration of Remote LPD
printing varies among vendors who supply TCP/IP.
You may also use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for
printing. Typically FTP is used to transfer files between
computers on a TCP/IP network. The OkiLAN 6120e
simply prints the files it receives from FTP.
Remote Print Queue Name
The Remote Print Queue Name determines which
printer port will service the print job. The Remote Print
Queue Name may also be used to specify ASCII print
jobs. Both Remote LPD and FTP have provisions for
specifying a Remote Print Queue Name.
The OkiLAN 6120e looks at the last character of the
Remote Print Queue Name to determine which printer
port will service the print job. All Remote Print Queue
Names should end with the number 1, 2, 3 or 4. If a
number is not specified, the OkiLAN 6120e will use
printer port 1.
The OkiLAN 6120e is designed to handle many
different types of printers and print data. Typically you
will select the printer type for your printer in telnet
under the Configure Port option. However, if you are
connecting to an ASCII printer, you may wish to use
the OkiLAN 6120e to format the print data for your
printer.