CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Booting a PrintServer Printer
    1.1 System Startup Sequence-Primary and Secondary Boot
    1.2 Primary Boot
      1.2.1      Types of Boot Protocols
      1.2.2      How the Boot Protocol Is Selected
    1.3 Secondary Boot
    1.4 Enabling or Disabling a Printer Startup Page
    1.5 Monitoring the Management Client
    1.6 Maximum Client Connections

  2      Setting Up a Secondary Supporting Host
    2.1 Setting up a Secondary Supporting Host for Booting
    2.2 Setting Up a Secondary Supporting Host for Accounting, Logging, and Configuration Services
    2.3 Switching to an Alternate Supporting Host
    2.4 If Your Network Is Updated from a Master Database

  3      Modifying the Management Client Options File
    3.1 Invoking the LPS$OPTIONS Command Procedure
    3.2 Reading the LPSOPTIONS file

  4      Modifying the Configuration File
    4.1 Modifying the Configuration File
    4.2 Reading the LPSCONFIG File
      4.2.1      Accounting
      4.2.2      Logging
      4.2.3      Logging PostScript Errors
      4.2.4      Printername
      4.2.5      Password
      4.2.6      Language
      4.2.7      Image Interpreter
      4.2.8      Allowdn and Denydn
      4.2.9      Ipaddress
      4.2.10     Subnetmask (If Internet Access)
      4.2.11     Gateway (If Internet Access, Optional)
      4.2.12     Allowip and Denyip (If Internet Access)
      4.2.13     Simple Network Management Protocol
        4.2.13.1     Notes about SNMP

  5      Modifying PostScript Defaults
    5.1 Editing the Defaults and System Parameters Files

  6      Modifying PCL Parameters
    6.1 Editing the PCL Defaults File
    6.2 Printing the PCL Sample Fonts

  7      Modifying the Resource-Loading File
    7.1 Editing the Resource-Loading File
    7.2 If the File Contains Errors
    7.3 Storing the Resources and the Resource-Loading File
    7.4 Loading Large Resource Files
    7.5 Fonts Resident on PostScript Level 2 Printers

  8      Customizing the Setup File
    8.1 Editing the Setup File

  9      Enabling LPD
    9.1 Overview
    9.2 Defining Local Print Queues
    9.3 Changing the Interpreter

  10     Managing the Printer Through the Remote Console Facility
    10.1 Starting the Remote Console Facility
    10.2 Connecting to Different Printers
    10.3 Disabling Broadcast Messages on the Remote Console Facility
    10.4 Copying the Remote Console Facility to Other Systems
    10.5 Command Summary
    10.6 abort-Deleting a Print Job
    10.7 accept-Enabling Jobs to Be Sent to the Printer
    10.8 configuration-Displaying the Network and Software Configuration
    10.9 continuous-Printing Jobs Continuously
    10.10 exit-Exiting the Remote Console Facility
    10.11 help and ?-Displaying Online Help
    10.12 jobs and showq-Displaying Print Job Status
    10.13 netstat-Displaying the Internet Network Status
    10.14 newfile-Starting New Accounting and Event Logs
    10.15 next-Printing the Next Job in Single Job Mode
    10.16 permissions-Displaying DECnet and Internet Access Restrictions
    10.17 privs-Entering Privileged Mode
    10.18 reboot-Booting a PrintServer Printer
    10.19 reconfigure-Reexecuting the Configuration and Defaults Files
    10.20 reject-Disabling Jobs from Being Sent to the Printer
    10.21 repeat-Repeating Status Commands
    10.22 showq
    10.23 single-Enabling Single-Job Mode
    10.24 status-Displaying the Printer's Status
    10.25 versions-Displaying the Version Numbers of Printer Components

  11     Monitoring the Printers on Your Network with the Printer Status Manager
    11.1 Invoking PRISM
    11.2 Adding Printers to PRISM
    11.3 Determining the Status of the Printer
    11.4 Monitoring Printer Activity
    11.5 Changing the Number of Columns
    11.6 Specifying How Often PRISM Checks Printer Status
    11.7 Keeping Printer Lists and Window Settings
      11.7.1     Saving Your Settings
      11.7.2     Restoring Your Settings
    11.8 Error Messages

  12     Gathering Accounting Information
    12.1 Running the Centralized Accounting Utility
    12.2 Centralized Accounting Utility Reports
      12.2.1     Brief Reporting Mode
      12.2.2     Verbose Reporting Mode
    12.3 Creating Your Own Accounting Report

  A PrintServer Printer Messages
    A.1 Message Descriptions

  B Digital PostScript Printer Software Documentation
    B.1 Digital PostScript Printer Software Documentation
      B.1.1     PrintServer Software for ULTRIX
      B.1.2     PrintServer Software for OpenVMS
      B.1.3     PrintServer Software for UNIX
      B.1.4     PrintServer Software for NetWare
      B.1.5     PrintServer Software for Windows
      B.1.6     PostScript Programming Documentation
      B.1.7     DECfonts Typeface Collection
      B.1.8     DECprint Supervisor Software for OpenVMS
      B.1.9     Digital ANSI-Compliant Level 3 Printing Protocol