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LPSERVER(8MDQS)         COMMAND REFERENCE         LPSERVER(8MDQS)



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
     -b  baud
         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.

     -f  flagging
         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.

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

     -p  parity
         Sets the parity to be used by the tty driver.  The



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         values are EVEN, ODD, SPACE and NONE.  The value of 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.

     -C  columns
         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.

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

     -T  trailers
         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.



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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), tty(4).
















































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