User manual XC-32 XC-320 XC-4200
VIII.Printer Mode (LPD)
Xcell integrates a LPD spooler to manage several serial printers.
Installing a printer located on a Xcell, for most UNIX servers, consists simply in adding an
entry in the /etc/printcap file.
Example of entry added to the /etc/printcap file :
lpXC:lp=:rm=XC:rp=printer4:
This line means that all prints to the
lpXcell
printer, issued by an application running on
the server, will be redirected to the printer connected on Xcell port 4.
The remote printer name is 'printern' where 'n' is Xcell port number on which the printer is
connected to.
If a printer is found on the port 4, the configuration will be the following :
ROOT>> serial mode printer 4
Ok!
In order to control "paperoff" or "offline" signal, you must use Xon/Xoff-RTS/CTS double
flow control with the following wiring :
Xcell (DTE) toward the asynchronous printer (DTE).
Use the XON/XOFF flow control.
Detection of the printer unavailability (OFF LINE) is possible thanks to the printer DTR.
Signals that are not by a "*" are necessary and sufficient, the ones that are by a "*" are
optionnals and correspond to a more standard wiring.
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