rawlpserver(8MDQS)



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NAME
     lpserver, plpserver, rawlpserver - line printer servers for
     MDQS

SYNOPSIS
     lpserver [ -b  baud ] [ -c ] [ -f  flagging ] [ -h  size ] [
     -p  parity ] [ -s ]
     [ -C  columns ] [ -H  headers ] [ -T  trailers ]

DESCRIPTION
     Lpserver, plpserver and rawlpserver are all lineprinter
     servers for MDQS.

     Lpserver is the general lineprinter server.  This server
     optimizes for overstriking and converts all control
     characters to their ^<letter> patterns.  Since this server
     chatches all control characters it cannot be used to control
     printers with escape sequences.

     Plpserver is designed to be used with Printronix
     P150/P300/P600 printers.  This server knows about these
     printers special modes such as Plotmode.

     Rawlpserver is used when one wants the data to go out the
     port completely unaltered.  This server is especially good
     for outputting graphical data and escape sequences to
     control printer modes.

OPTIONS
     -bbaud  Sets the baud rate for the tty port.  The default
             baud rate is 9600.

     -c      Sets the tty port in CRMOD which causes all LF
             characters to be output as CR-LF.  This option
             implies a parity of ODD unless the parity is
             explicitly set.  If the parity is explicitly set to
             NONE, ODD parity is still produced with the -c
             option.

     -fflagging
             Sets the flagging method used by the tty driver.
             The two values for flagging are HW and SW
             representing hardware and software respectively.
             Software flagging is the default.

     -hsize  Sets the amount of information presented on the
             banner page of the printout.  The values are LARGE,
             SMALL and NONE.  The default is LARGE.

     -pparity
             Sets the parity to be used by the tty driver.  The
             values are EVEN, ODD, SPACE and NONE.  The value of



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             NONE allows 8-bit data transmission. NONE in
             conjunction with rawlpserver is useful in outputting
             graphical data or special control commands to
             printers.  The default setting for parity is NONE.

     -s      Supress form-feed characters that appear at the end
             of each file and banner page.

     -Ccolumns
             Sets the maximum number of columns to be printed on
             for the banner page.  This is particularly useful
             when the paper in the printer is only 80 columns
             wide and you do not want filenames on the banner
             page to print past the end of the paper.  The
             default is 132.

     -Hheaders
             Sets the number of banner pages to print at the
             start of each file.  The default is 1.

     -Ttrailers
             Sets the number of trailing banner pages to print at
             the end of each request.  The default is 0.

EXAMPLES
     The following example is for a Printronix printer running at
     2400 baud and one trailing banner page.

          /usr/lib/mdqs/plpserver -b 2400 -T 1

     The following example is for a Centronix printer using
     hardware flagging.

          /usr/lib/mdqs/lpserver -f HW

     The following example is for a color hardcopy unit with a
     small banner page.

          /usr/lib/mdqs/rawlpserver -h SMALL

DIAGNOSTICS
     Diagnostics are passed back to the MDQS daemon and reported
     in the MDQS console log specified in the qconf file.

CAVEATS
     These commands are NEVER called directly by the user.  These
     commands are specified in the file /etc/qconf and are called
     by the MDQS daemon.

SEE ALSO
     lpr(1mdqs), qconf(5mdqs), mdqsd(8mdqs), sysadmin(8), and
     tty(4).



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