Print Server User’s Guide
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Logical Printers
Logical Printers can be used to create a “Virtual” printer. For example, to create a
Landscape printer, you could define a Logical Printer as follows:
Pre-string
Printer Control codes to switch the printer to Landscape
mode
Post-string
Printer Control codes to reset the printer, restoring the default
settings.
Another logical printer could be used to print Unix-format text files properly, by
converting Unix-style LF (Line Feeds) to DOS-style LF/CR (Line Feed, Carriage
Return) pairs.
In the NetWare Print Server mode, the Print Server supports 3 logical printers for
models with 1 parallel port, and 8 logical printers for other models.
Configuring NetWare
PCONSOLE must be used to create new (logical) printers and assign print queues to
the printers. When creating logical printers, be sure to select printer numbers greater
than 7 from the
Configured Printer listing. In NetWare, all printer numbers greater
than 7 are logical printers. Remember that selecting printer 8 corresponds to Logical
printer L1, selecting printer 9 corresponds to Logical printer L2, and so on up to
printer 15 which corresponds to Logical printer L8.
Configuring the Print Server
To define pre-string, post-string, and the physical output port of a logical printer,
perform the following steps:
1.
Run the PSCONFIG program.
2.
Select
Change Configuration.
3.
Select
Logical Printer Configuration and set the following items for each logical
port. Logical Printers are numbered from L1 to L3 for models with a single
parallel port, and L1 to L8 for other models).
Physical Port
Select the physical port for this Logical Printer (P1 to P3
for parallel ports, SP for the serial port).
String Before Job
The printer control string (in Hex) to be sent to the
printer before each print job.
String After Job
The printer control string (in Hex) to be sent to the
printer after each print job.
Convert LF to
CR+LF
If ON, LF (line feed) characters are changed to CR+LF
(carriage line feed). If OFF, no conversion is
done.
The maximum size of a printer control string is 15 characters.
