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This instruction sheet explains how to configure the Oc 9400 Internal Ethernet Card or the
Microplex Print Server box to automatically send specific 9400 plotter control commands
whenever a user sends a file to the plotter.
This technique may be useful in network situations in which separate groups of users have
different plotting requirements. Network administrators can configure the Card or Print Server to
automatically send an RCF command when users send a file to one of the 8 ports (destinations)
on the Microplex Card or Server.
A properly configured and working 9400 network connection (if this is not the case, refer
to the Ethernet Print Server Users Manual, Oc Part Number 465221237, and the
configuration chapter appropriate to your network) and the ability of existing work stations
to send files to the 9400 and have those files plot.
The original installation/configuration of the 9400 used the defaults and naming
conventions suggested in The Ethernet Print Server Users Manual.
The user has established either a TELNET or serial/null modem cable connection.
The user is using WinNT R4.0 or higher at the workstation sending files to the 9400.
Win3.x and 95/98 do not allow LPR printing without a third-party software extension to
the operating system. Oc-USA cannot support such systems. We recommend the user
properly configure the Card/Server as outlined below and contact the third-party
developer for assistance in plotting.
Multiple versions of UNIX require aid from the network administrator to enable plotting to
a particular destination/model. Configure the Card/Server as outlined below, then seek
assistance from the network administrator in plotting.
1. Establish a configuration terminal session with the 9400 Internal Ethernet Card or Microplex
Print Server box via TELNET, FTP or null-modem/serial connection (with terminal program) with a
PC as described in Ethernet Print Server Users Manual.
2. On connect (the prompt will be the Card/Servers IP Address), type in an appropriate user ID.
Assuming the original configuration used all the defaults, type in the username:
root
When prompted for a password, press the <ENTER> key, since there is no password by default.
3. Choose the desired destination you wish to use for the automated command(s). You can think
of each destination as a port connection to your plotter, even though the plotter is physically
connected to a single socket. The destination is handled in software.
The original destination set by the original configuration was:
d1plt1
4. Find the desired plotter command. You can find the complete command set in the Oc RCF-
Remote Control Format Reference Manual, Oc Part #465221086.
5. Create a named variable with a specific string. A "string" is a space-separated list of words,
hex numbers (e.g. 0x04), and references to other variables or constants. A variable can hold a
string of RCF commands.
The following is an example using the default destination d1plt1 to print to roll1, and the default
destination d2plt2 to print to roll2, using the variable names roll1 and roll2:
set var roll1 BEGMF " ";MFVERSION 1;MFDESC " ";APPLDATA 021 "RN=1";ENDMF;
set var roll2 BEGMF " ";MFVERSION 1;MFDESC " ";APPLDATA 021 "RN=2";ENDMF;
Where: modelname is the default model name or the model name that was associated with the
destination in Step 5.
Where: headerstring in this example is the variable name which contains the RCF command you
wish to send to the plotter before each file is sent to the plotter. The headerstring can have up to
9 elements. Each of the up to 9 elements can include a letter, code or variable.
Continuing the example, set model m1 with the variable roll1 as the headerstring, and set model
m2 with the variable roll2 as the headerstring.
<ENTER>
set model m2 header $roll2;
<ENTER>
save
8. Reboot the 9400 (power OFF, wait ten seconds, then power ON).
On the Win NT workstation(s) create two printers with two lpr port definitions to send files to the
destination d1plt1 to print to roll1, and d2plt2 to print to roll2.
A. Verify that the TCP/IP Printing Servi ce has been installed on the PC:
-Select MY COMPUTER
-Click <OK>
-Click <CLOSE>
-Follow the ADD PRINTER Wizard and give the new printer an easy to
remember name such as 9400roll1.
-Insure that the appropriate driver is assigned to the printer, such as the HP
7600, which will generate HPGL plot files. Use the GENERIC TEXT/ONLY
driver if the file to be printed is already in a format which can be recognized by
the 9400 (HPGL, HPGL/2, HP/RTL, TIFF, CALS etc.).
-You will need to repeat the procedure for the second destination, d2plt2, and
create a second printer named 9400roll2.
-Set the application used to send files to the 9400 to send files to the new
printers. Choose printer name 9400roll1 to print to roll1, or choose printer name
9400roll2 to print to roll2.