Ricoh ap2600 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS kp1unx

UNIX Supplement

Read this manual carefully before you use this product and keep it handy for future
reference.
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Introduction

To get maximum versa tility from this machin e all opera tors shoul d carefull y read and f ollow th e instruc­tions in this manual. Please keep this manual in a handy place near the machine.

Please read the Safety Information in the “Printer Reference” before using this machine. It contains im­portant information related to USER SAFETY and PREVENTING EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS.

Important

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for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages as a result of handling or operating
the machine.

Further Information

Please consult your authorized reseller concerning additional UNIX support.

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Manuals for This Printer

The following manuals describe the operational procedures and maintenance of
this machine.

To enhance safe and efficient operation of this printer, all users should read and
follow the instructions carefully.

❖❖❖❖ Quick Installation Guide

Describes how to install the printer.

❖❖❖❖ Setup Guide

Provides information about setting up the printer and its options. This man­ual is provided as a printed manual, and also as a PDF file on the CD-ROM
labeled "Operating Instructions".

❖❖❖❖ Printer Reference

Provides information about using the printer and its options. This manual
provided as a PDF file on the CD-ROM labeled “Operating Instructions”.

❖❖❖❖ Network Interface Board Operating Instructions

Provides information about setting up and using the printer in a network en­vironment. This manual provided as a PDF file on the CD-ROM labeled “Op­erating Instructions”.

❖❖❖❖ PostScript 3 Operating Instructions Supplement

Describes the menus and features for the PostScript 3 printer driver. This
manual provided as a PDF file on the CD-ROM labeled “Operating Instruc­tions”.

❖❖❖❖ UNIX Supplement (this manual)

Provides information about setting up and using the printer in a UNIX envi­ronment. This manual provided as a PDF file on the CD-ROM labeled “Oper­ating Instructions”.

Note

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There are two CD-ROMs that come with this printer. One is labeled "Operat­ing Instructions" and the other is "Drivers and Utilities".

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.UNIX Configuration

Using the Installation Shell Script ........................................................... 1

Assigning the IP Address .............................................................................. 1

Executing the Installation Shell Script ........................................................... 2

Setup............................................................................................................. 5

Printing Method ....................................................................................... 10

Printing with lpr, lp....................................................................................... 10

Printing with rsh, rcp, ftp ............................................................................. 11

Printer Status........................................................................................... 13

Viewing the Printer Status with lpq and lpstat ............................................. 13

Viewing the Printer Status with rsh and ftp ................................................. 13

Copying Information to a File ...................................................................... 14

INDEX........................................................................................................ 15

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1. UNIX Configuration

This section explains how to set up a network printer and check the print status
using UNIX.

Limitation

❒

To print from a UNIX workstation, use the file that the printer supports.

Using the Installation Shell Script

The installation shell script helps with the setup process. The installation shell
script automates some of the tasks in configuring /etc/hosts, /etc/printcap, and
in creating the spool directory for BSD UNIX, and in running lpadmin command
for System V UNIX.

Preparation

The installation shell script can be used on the following three kinds of the
workstations. Do not use this installation shell script with other types of
workstations.

• Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8

• HP-UX 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.0

•Red Hat Linux 6.2

When you use NIS (Network Information Service) or DNS, you should con­figure the server before running this installation shell script.

For more information about the configuration utility of your OS, see the man­ual that came with the utility.

Assigning the IP Address

Preparation

Configure the printer to use the TCP/IP protocol.

• Confirm that the TCP/IP protocol on the printer is set to be act ive. (The fac­tory default is active.)

• Assign an IP address to the printer and configure the other settings re­quired for using the TCP/IP protocol.

Reference

For more information about how to make above settings, see the Setup Guide
that comes with the printer.

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Confirming the IP address

Follow the procedure below to confirm that the IP address has been configured
correctly.

• Following procedure uses sample IP address: 192.168.15.16.

Enter the following:

A

# ping 192.168.15.16

If the address has been configured correctly, the following message appears.

192.168.15.16 is alive

If the address has been configured incorrectly, the following message ap­pears.

no answer from 192.168.15.16

Note

❒

When you use NIS, the IP address and host name are written to /etc/hosts
on the master server. When you use DNS, the information is written to a
data file on the name server. After writing the host name and IP address to
the file, confirm the configuration by pinging the host name.

# ping host_name

❒

If the host name is registered with an IP address, the server can access the
printer using its host name instead of its IP address.

Executing the Installation Shell Script

After having configured the printer IP address, follow the procedure below to
execute the installation shell script and set up the workstation printing environ­ment.

Preparation

Before executing the installation shell script, the IP address, the host name
and the printer name must be required.

Following procedures use sample IP address: 192.168.15.16, sample host
name: nphost and sample printer name: np.

Note

❒

Use ftp to get the installation shell script from the printer.

Log on to the workstation as root.

A

Note

❒

If you do not log on as root, the installation shell script will not run.

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Using the Installation Shell Script

Get the installation shell script from the printer.

B

A Move to the directory you want to copy the installation shell script to.
B Use ftp to connect to the printer with the IP address that you just config-

ured.

# ftp 192.168.15.16
Connected to 192.168.15.16
220 printer FTP server ready.
name (192.168.15.16:root:)

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C When a user name is requested, ignore and press the

331 Password required for root.
Password:

D When a password is requested, ignore and press the

230 User root logged in.
ftp>

E Type the following to get the installation shell script.

ftp> get install

F Close the ftp session.

ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
#

Run the installation shell script.

C

# sh ./install

Note

❒

Insert a period and slash before the current directory.

Enter a number to select the workstation OS that you are using.

D

Network printer install shell
Copyright RICOH CO.,LTD. 1994-2000
Select your workstation OS type.

1. SunOS 4.x.x

2. Solaris 2.x, Solaris 7-8 (SunOS5.x)

3. HP-UX 8.x,9.x,10.x,11.x

4. UnixWare

5. Linux

6. other

Enter <1-6>:

2

{{{{

RETURN

{{{{

RETURN

key.

}}}}

key.

}}}}

Note

❒

SunOS and UnixWare appear on the screen, but they are not supported.
Use Solaris, HP-UX or Linux.

❒

If you select “6”, the installation shell script exits.

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Enter the IP address of the printer.

E

Enter Printer host IP address <xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx> [return=skip]:

192.168.15.16

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Note

❒

The IP address will be added to the /etc/hosts file.

❒

If the host name of the printer has already been configured, ignore and
press the

Enter the host name of the printer.

F

Enter Printer host name : nphost

Note

❒

The host name will be added to the /etc/hosts file.

❒

If no IP address was entered in step E, nothing is added to the /etc/hosts
file.

Configure the printer name.

G

Enter logical printer name [default nphost_prn]

If you want to use the default name, press the
change this name, enter a new name.

Note

❒

The host name entered in step F followed by “_prn” appears in “default”.

Set the print option.

H

RETURN

{

key. Nothing is added to the /etc/hosts file.

}

RETURN

{

key. If you want to

}

Enter remote printer name [default lp]:

•Press the

• If you enter “text”, text printing is enabled.
If you enter “text”, printing with PCL and PostScript is unavailable.

Enter remote printer name [default lp]:text

Limitation

❒

You can enter up to 14 characters for HP-UX 11.0, 256 for Solaris 8, and 51
for Red Hat Linux 6.2.

Setup with the installation shell script is finished. If you enter the IP address
in step E, the following message appears.

hosts file is modified

Make a test print to confirm that the settings are correct.

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# lpr -Pnp file_name
# lp -d np file_name

For more information about lpr and lp, see P.10 “Printing Method”.

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RETURN

{

key, print with PCL or PostScript is enabled.

}

Using the Installation Shell Script

Deleting the printer

To print using the lp or lpr command, the option specified when the Installation
Shell Script is executed is used. Change the option in accordance with the work­station you are using.

❖❖❖❖ BSD UNIX workstation, Linux

Delete the printer entry from /etc/printcap, then execute the installation
shell script again. Select options during the setup process.
Or, search the printer entry from /etc/printcap, change its rp capability to op­tion setting.

❖❖❖❖ Solaris, HP-UX

Delete the printer entry, and then execute the installation shell script again.
Select options during the setup process. To delete the printer entry, follow the
procedure below.

Stop the scheduler.

A

# /usr/sbin/lpshut

Delete the printer.

B

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# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x printer_name

Restart the scheduler.

C

# /usr/lib/lpsched

Setup

The printing environment is set up automatically when the installation shell
script is executed.

This section describes the set up contents when the installation shell script is ex­ecuted under Red Hat Linux, Solaris and HP-UX.

Linux

❖❖❖❖ Adding the IP address and host name to the /etc/hosts file

The following line is added to the /etc/hosts file.

192.168.15.16 nphost # Network Printer

• 192.168.15.16 is the IP address, nphost is the host name, from # to the end
of the line is a comment.

Note

❒

The /etc/hosts file contains a list of the IP addresses and their host names
of all of the hosts communicating on the network. Each entry is delimited
with a space or a tab, and each line is separated with a return.

❒

If you do not use NIS or DNS, you must manually enter the IP address and
host name of each workstation using the network printer in the /etc/hosts
file.

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❖❖❖❖ Adding an entry to the /etc/printcap file

The following entry is added to the /etc/printcap file.
This is the configuration for printing with the lpr command. In order to use
the lpr command to print, you need to edit the /etc/hosts file, add an entry
for the network printer to the /etc/printcap file and create a spool directory.

##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
np|Network Printer:\
:rm=nphost:\
:rp=lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/npd:\
:lf=/var/log/npd-errs:\
:sh:\
:mx#0:

Note

❒

The /etc/printcap file is used to register the name and attributes of a print­er. You must make an entry for the network printer in the /etc/printcap
file of all workstations using the network printer.

❒

Each entry is separated with colons into several fields. The syntax is to be­gin each entry with a colon, the entry, and then end the entry with a colon,
a back slash, and then a return.

❒

The first line of the field is the name of the printer. You use this name when
logging on to a network printer from a workstation. You can define several
different names by separating each name with the “|” character.

❒

The second, and the following lines, contain the printer's attributes. At­tributes of the printer are represented by two character names referred to as
capabilities. For more information about capabilities, see the following table.

Capability Explanation Value Required for the Network

Printer.

lp Device name of the printer Nothing.

rm Host name of the printer The host name that was registered

with the /etc/hosts file.

rp Optional specification Select options for printing.

For printing with PCL or Post­Script, select “lp”.

For text printing, select “text”.

sd Path name of the spool directory. Path name of the spool directory

that is to be created.

lf Path name of the log file. Path name of log file.

For example /var/log/lpd-errs.

mx Maximum file size which the di-

rectory can copy. When set to 0, the
size is unlimited. If nothing is en­tered, the size is set to 1024 k.

Nothing or something suitable.

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Using the Installation Shell Script

❖❖❖❖ Making the spool directory

Create a spool directory under /var/spool/lpd. The name of spool directory
should be the name of the printer followed by a “d”.

Note

❒

The spool directory is used to control the data used for a print job. For ex­ample, when a print job is created, a temporary copy of the file data used
for printing is created in the spool directory. All workstations accessing the
network printer need to have a spool directory for the network printer.

❒

A spool directory should be made for every network printer entry listed in
the /etc/printcap file.

❒

The spool directory should normally be made under /var/spool/lpd and
the name should match that listed under the sd capability in /etc/print­cap. Change the owner and group of the directory to root and lp. The fol­lowing examples show how to make a /var/spool/lpd/npd spool
directory.

# cd /var/spool/lpd
# mkdir npd
# chown root np
# chgrp lp np

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❖❖❖❖ Making the log file

Error messages are logged to a file created in the /var/log directory. The log
file name is the printer name followed by “d-errs”.

Solaris

❖❖❖❖ Adding the IP address and host name to the /etc/hosts file

The following line is added to the /etc/hosts file.

192.168.15.16 nphost # Network Printer

• 192.168.15.16 is the IP address, nphost is the host name, from # to the end
of the line is a comment.

Note

❒

The /etc/hosts file contains a list of the IP addresses and their host names
of all of the hosts communicating on the network. Each entry is delimited
with a space or a tab, and each line is separated with a return.

❒

If you do not use NIS or DNS, you must manually enter the IP address and
host name of each workstation using the network printer in the /etc/hosts
file.

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UNIX Configuration

❖❖❖❖ Registering the printer

The installation shell script registers the printer as a remote printer.

If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, register the print server and print client

A

to the print service.

# lpsystem -t bsd -R 0 -y ″″″″Network Printer″″″″ nphost

Register the printer as a remote printer.

B

# lpadmin -p np -s nphost!option -T dump -I any

• np is the printer name, nphost is the host name. options is “lp” or

“text”. For printing with PCL or PostScript, enter “lp”. For text printing,
enter “text”.

If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, set the print job enable to be accepted

C

by print queue.

/usr/lib/accept np

If your workstation is Solaris 2.5.1, set the print job enable to print.

D

/usr/lib/enable np

HP-UX

❖❖❖❖ Adding the IP address and host name to the /etc/hosts file

The following line is added to the /etc/hosts file.

192.168.15.16 np # Network Printer

• 192.168.15.16 is the IP address, np is the host name, from # to the end of the
line is a comment.

Note

❒

The /etc/hosts file contains a list of the IP addresses and their host names
of all of the hosts communicating on the network. Each entry is delimited
with a space or a tab, and each line is separated with a return.

❒

If you do not use NIS or DNS, you must manually enter the IP address and host
name of each workstation using the network printer in the /etc/hosts file.

❖❖❖❖ Registering the printer

The installation shell script registers the printer as a remote printer following
the procedure below.

Stop the scheduler.

A

/usr/lib/lpshut

Register the printer.

B

/usr/lib/lpadmin -Pnp -v/dev/null -mrmodel

-ormnphost -orpoption -ob3

• np is the printer name, nphost is the host name. options is “lp” or

“text”. For printing with PCL or PostScript, enter “lp”. For text printing,
enter “text”.

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Using the Installation Shell Script

Set the printer so that the print job is listed in the print queue.

C

/usr/lib/accept np

Set the printer to perform the print job.

D

/usr/lib/enable np

Restart the scheduler.

E

/usr/lib/lpsched

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Printing Method

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Printing with lpr, lp

Depending on the type of the workstation being used, execute one of the follow­ing commands:

❖❖❖❖ BSD UNIX workstation

% lpr -Pprinter_name file_name [file_name...]

For example:
printer name is np, file names are file1 and file2

% lpr -Pnp file1 file2

❖❖❖❖ Solaris, HP-UX

% lp -d printer_name file_name [file_name...]

For example:
printer name is np, file names are file1 and file2

% lp -d np file1 file2

Note

❒

”printer_name” is the name that was entered when executing the installation
shell script.

❒

You can use wild cards ( * or ? ) for the file name.

❒

The message “print session full” appears when the maximum number of
print requests has been reached
number of requests becomes less than five. You can confirm the number of
print requests using telnet. For more information about using telnet, see the
Network Interface Board Operating Instructions provided as a PDF file on the
CD-ROM labeled “Operating Instructions”.

*1

The maximum number of print session differ depending on printer's total memory
size. When the printer has standard memory (32MB), one print session is available.
When the printer has optional memory (total 96MB), the maximum number of print
session is five.

*1

. You should try to print again when the

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Printing with rsh, rcp, ftp

You can also print using the rsh, rcp and ftp commands.

Printing Method

Note

❒

Print using the format that the printer can support.

❒

The message “print session full” appears when the maximum number of
print requests has been reached
number of requests becomes less than five. You can confirm the number of
print requests using telnet. For more information about using telnet, see Net­work Interface Board Operating Instructions provided as a PDF file on the
CD-ROM labeled “Operating Instructions”.

*1

The maximum number of print session differs depending on printer's total memory
size. When the printer has standard memory (32MB), one print session is available.
When the printer has optional memory (total 96MB), the maximum number of print
sessions available is five.

*1

. You should try to print again when the

rsh

% rsh host_name print < file_name [file_name...]

For example:

host name is nphost, file names are file1 and file2

% rsh nphost print < file1 file2

Note

❒

”host_name” is the name entered when executing the installation shell script.

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❒

If you use a HP-UX, use the remsh command instead of rsh.

rcp

❖❖❖❖ To specify the file and print it

% rcp file_name [file_name...] host_name:

For example:
host name is nphost, file names are file1 and file2

% rcp file1 file2 nphost

❖❖❖❖ To print all of the files in a directory

% rcp -r directory_name host_name:

For example:
host name is nphost, directory name is directory1

% rcp -r directory1 nphost

Note

❒

”host_name” is the name entered when executing the installation shell script.

❒

You can use wild cards ( * or ? ) for the file name.

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ftp

Depending on the number of files to be printed, use the put or mput commands.

1

Limitation

❒

File names cannot contain “=” or “,”.

❖❖❖❖ To print one file

ftp> put file_name

❖❖❖❖ To print several files

ftp> mput file_name [file_name...]

Note

❒

You can use wild cards ( * or ? ) for the file name with the mput command.

The following procedure shows an example of how to print a file using ftp.

Start ftp using the IP address or host name of the printer.

A

% ftp IP_address

Note

❒

”host_name” is the name entered when executing the installation shell
script.

Enter the user name. Ignore the password, and then press the

B

key.

RETURN

{{{{

}}}}

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Name:
Password:

Set the file transfer mode to binary.

C

ftp> bin

Note

❒

If the file transfer mode is not set to binary, the image might not be printed
correctly.

Print the file.

D

Note

❒

For example, to print one file named file1:

ftp> put file1

❒

For example, to print two files named file1 and file2:

ftp> mput file1 file2

Exit ftp.

E

ftp> bye

Printer Status

Printer Status

You can use the following commands to have information and the printer status
displayed or copied to a file.

Use the lpq or lp command to display the status of the printer or information
about print jobs.

Use the rsh, rcp or ftp commands to get more detailed information from the
printer.

Viewing the Printer Status with lpq and lpstat

❖❖❖❖ BSD UNIX workstation, Linux

% lpq -Pprinter_name

For example: Printer name is np

% lpq -Pnp

❖❖❖❖ System V UNIX, Soralis, HP-UX

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% lpstat -o printer_name

For example: Printer name is np

% lpstat -o np

Viewing the Printer Status with rsh and ftp

Use the rsh or ftp command to display the status of printer or information about
print jobs using specified parameters.

You can use these commands for BSD and System V UNIX.

Note

❒

If your workstation is HP-UX, use the remsh command instead of the rsh.

% rsh host_name parameter

% ftp host_name
User user_name
password:
ftp> get parameter -

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Note

❒

For the user name and password input nothing, and then press the

RETURN

{

key.

Parameters that can be used with rsh, rcp and ftp:

Parameter Information returned Reference

Network Interface Board

status

info

prnlog Record of the last 16 jobs printed. Network Interface Board

syslog

Status of the printer.

Information about print jobs.

Information about the paper tray, output tray
and printer language of the printer.

Record of messages about the Network Interface
Board.

Operating Instructions
provided as a PDF file on
the CD-ROM labeled “Op­erating Instructions”

Printer Reference provid­ed as a PDF file on the CD­ROM labeled “Operating
Instructions”.

Operating Instructions
provided as a PDF file on
the CD-ROM labeled “Op­erating Instructions”.

}

Copying Information to a File

Use the rcp or ftp command to copy information about the specified parameters
to a file.

You can use these commands for BSD and System V UNIX.

Note

❒

The same parameters are used as those above.

% rcp host_name:parameter file_name

% ftp host_name
User: user_name
password:
ftp> get parameter file_name

Note

❒

For the user name and password input nothing, and then press the
key.

RETURN

{

}

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INDEX

B

BSD UNIX workstation

,

,

13

10

,

5

Printing Method

BSD UNIX workstation, Linux

Deleting the printer
Printer Status

C

configuration

,

UNIX

1

D

Deleting the printer

,

5

F

ftp

,

Printing

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installation shell script

, 1,

S

Setup Guide
Solaris, HP-UX

Deleting the printer
Printing Method

System V UNIX, Soralis, HP-UX

Printer Status

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10

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Network Interface Board

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Operating Instructions

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PostScript 3 Operating Instructions

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Printer Reference
Printer Status
Printing Method
Printing with rsh, rcp, ftp

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rcp

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Printing

rsh

Printing

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