Using a Virtual Printer to Print Data
When a virtual printer is registered on the machine, you can perform LPD printing or FTP printing using the print settings configured in advance, by simply executing a command specifying the virtual printer that suites your document as an argument.
* The page description language (PDL) supported for virtual printers is PS only, and the file format, PDF only.
Required Preparations
Register a virtual printer. Preparing to Use a Virtual Printer
Execute the following commands when performing LPD printing and FTP printing:
LPD Printing
lpr -S <IP address of the machine> -P <virtual printer name> <name of the file to print> |
Input example: When printing "sample.pdf" using virtual printer "canon01"
lpr -S 192.168.1.21 -P canon01 sample.pdf
lpr -S 192.168.1.21 -P canon01 sample.pdf
FTP Printing
put <name of the file to print> <virtual printer name> |
Input example: When printing "sample.pdf" using virtual printer "canon01"
put sample.pdf canon01
put sample.pdf canon01