FastPort User’s Guide
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Syntax is shown in Table 5-3. Entries appear and in any order.
5.5.2.1 About Option Classes
Class
(Table 5-3) supports printing to the first available printer from a list
of printers according to the following:
• The first printer is the one specified on the command line.
• Next one is hostname: port in the
.fpconfig
file.
• Subsequent printer names are taken from the
Class
list.
fpfilter
connects to the first printer. If not, it tries to connect to the next
printer. If still unsuccessful,
fpfilter
goes back to the first printer.
Table 5-3: .fpconfig Options
fpfilter
Option
Function
hostname <name>
Specify the IP name for FastPort
serial1 or serial 2
Send to the serial port
ctrld
Send a D before and after the job (PostScript only)
formfeed
Send a form feed after the job
parallel 1, parallel 2, or parallel 3 Send to the parallel port
mapcrlf
Map line feeds to carriage return/line feeds
asciifilter <program>
Call program to convert PostScript from ASCII
bannerfirst
Look for
file .banner
in current directory. Submit it before the job
bannerlast
Look for
file .banner
in current directory. Submit it after the job
startfile <file>
Send file before the job
endfile <file>
Send file after the job
startstring <string>
Send string before the job
endstring <string>
Send string after the job
CLASS <hostname: port list>
If printer is unavailable, program tries to print to the FastPort port as listed left to
right (
CLASS alpha:p1 alpha:p2 beta:p beta:s
)
mail <user name>
Sends E-mail after the job is printed or in case of error
errorfile <filename>
Stores errors that occurred in filename.
program <program>
Execute program after the job prints or in case of error. Passes the error code.
syslog
Records error messages in the syslog file.
checkserial
Sends a T to check the serial printer’s status before sending a print job.
Only for PostScript printers. If no printer is attached, data is not sent.
checkparallel
Checks for the parallel printer before sending a print job. Some parallel printers
do not make the parallel status “Busy” when turned off. If this option is not used
while FastPort is in standard mode, then print jobs will be lost.
acctg
Performs accounting on printers. For serial, it reports the number of pages
printed. For parallel, it reports the name of user, machine, file, and date and time.
closewait
Ensures that all data is sent before the socket is closed. It is required in some
System V machines.
dobanner
Look for file .banner in the current directory and submit it before the job (.banner
is normally generated by an output filter program.
pba
Adobe PostScript binary conversion for non-binary printers.
pbh
HP PostScript binary conversion for non-binary printers.
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