LP Plus User Guide and Technical Reference
Table of Contents

PART 1-   Introduction and Setup
PART 2-   LP Plus User Reference Guide

PART 3-   LP Plus Administration Guide
PART 4-   Advanced Functions
PART 5-   Technical Reference

Appendix A
- Troubleshooting
Appendix B
- Integrating LP Plus with Applications


PART 1

Introduction and Setup

What is LP Plus? 1-2

A Road Map to Quick Success with LP Plus 1-3

Who should use LP Plus? 1-11

Installing LP Plus 1-11

Removing LP Plus 1-11

Licensing and Upgrading LP Plus 1-11

Your UNIX Environment 1-12

Getting Technical Support 1-12

How to Contact Digital Controls 1-13

What Next? 1-13

PART 2

LP Plus User Reference Guide

User Summary 2-2

Setting Up the User Environment 2-2

Running LP Plus 2-3

Checking the Status of Print Jobs 2-4

Summary 2-4

The LP Plus Status and Control Menu Screen 2-4

Selecting Which Print Jobs You See 2-9

Grouping Print Jobs by Print Destination 2-10

Grouping Print Jobs by User 2-10

Grouping Print Jobs by Status 2-11

Grouping Print Jobs by Form Name 2-11

Searching for a Title 2-11

Jumping to a Page of Print Jobs 2-12

Displaying Remote Hosts 2-12

Displaying Detailed Print Job Information 2-14

Controlling Print Jobs 2-16

Summary 2-16

Issuing Commands to Print Jobs 2-17

Holding and Releasing 2-21

Suspending and Restarting 2-21

Keeping and Purging 2-22

Turning the Banner Page Off /On 2-22

Displaying the LP Plus Log File 2-22

Copying a Print Job 2-23

Changing Printer Destination 2-24

Changing the Number of Copies 2-24

Changing the Priority 2-25

Changing the Form 2-25

Changing FlexForm™ Electronic Forms 2-26

Changing the Print Control 2-27

Changing the Title 2-27

Changing the Time a Print Job Prints 2-27

Canceling a Print Job 2-28

Mounting a Form from the Print Job 2-28

Viewing Reports 2-30

The Report Viewer Screen 2-30

Report Viewer Commands 2-32

Displaying Two Reports

Searching for Text

Extracting Report Pages

Controlling Groups of Print Jobs 2-38

Summary 2-38

Marking and Unmarking Groups 2-39

Canceling 2-39

Changing Print Destination 2-39

Changing the Form 2-39

Holding and Releasing 2-39

Keeping and Purging 2-40

Checking the Status of Printers 2-41

Summary 2-41

The LP Plus Printer Status Screen 2-41

Selecting Which Printers You See 2-44

Displaying a Printer by Name 2-44

Jumping to a Page of Printers 2-45

Displaying Remote Hosts 2-45

Displaying Detailed Printer Information 2-46

Controlling Printers 2-49

Summary 2-49

Issuing Commands to Printers 2-50

Accepting and Rejecting Print Jobs 2-52

Enabling and Disabling Printers 2-52

Attaching a Terminal/User or Host to a Printer 2-52

Selecting a Translation Table 2-53

Forms Control 2-54

PART 3

LP Plus Administration Guide

Summary 3-2

Printer Configuration 3-2

Adding Printers 3-2

Local Printers 3-4

Network Printers 3-6

Remote Printers 3-6

Modifying Printers 3-10

Deleting Printers 3-11

Printer Classes 3-11

Adding Printer Classes 3-12

Modifying Printer Classes 3-12

Deleting Printer Classes 3-13

LP Plus Security 3-14

Introduction 3-14

Permissions Models 3-16

Adding Permissions Models 3-16

Modifying Permissions Models 3-18

Deleting Permissions Models 3-19

User Groups 3-19

Adding User Groups 3-20

Adding Users to a Group 3-23

Adding Printers to a Group 3-23

Modifying User Groups 3-25

Removing Users from a Group 3-26

Removing Printers from a Group 3-26

Deleting User Groups 3-26

Remote User Security 3-27

Adding Remote Users 3-28

Removing Remote Users 3-29

Forms Management 3-29

Standard Forms 3-30

Adding Standard Forms 3-30

Modifying Standard Forms 3-31

Deleting Standard Forms 3-31

Advanced Forms 3-32

Adding Advanced Forms 3-32

Modifying Advanced Forms 3-35

Deleting Advanced Forms 3-35

Printer Control File Management 3-36

Summary 3-36

Example 3-36

Adding Print Control Files 3-38

Modifying Print Control Files 3-40

Deleting Print Control Files 3-40

Printer Translation Table Management 3-41

Summary 3-41

Adding Translation Tables 3-41

Modifying Translation Tables 3-42

Deleting Translation Tables 3-43

LP Plus System Default Settings 3-44

LP Plus Message System 3-48

Informational Messages 3-49

Warning Messages 3-49

Error Messages 3-50

System Registration 3-51

System Information 3-53

LP Plus Daemon Administration 3-54

Starting/Stopping the LP Plus Scheduler 3-55

Starting/Stopping the LP Plus LPD Server 3-55

Starting/Stopping LP Plus Network Status 3-56

PART 4

Advanced Functions

Network Management 4-2

LP Plus Network Commands 4-2

Managing Remote LP Plus Hosts 4-3

Event Processing 4-7

WinPrint Client Messaging 4-10

Report Segmenting and Distribution 4-12

Resource Accounting 4-14

Submitting Print Jobs through a Directory 4-15

PART 5

Technical Reference

Overview of Operation 5-2

Printer Interface Scripts 5-2

Command Line Reference 5-3

dccaccept 5-3

dccadmin 5-3

dccbkst 5-3

dccbkstshut 5-4

dcccancel 5-4

dccdestchg 5-4

dccdisable 5-5

dccenable 5-5

dccgrp 5-5

dccgcancel 5-6

dccgdisable 5-7

dccgenable 5-7

dccgsuspend 5-7

dcchealth 5-7

dcclp 5-7

dcclpdser 5-11

dcclpdshut 5-11

dcclplink 5-11

dcclpunlink 5-11

dccmount 5-12

dccnetstat 5-12

dccrange 5-12

dccreject 5-13

dccscan 5-13

dccsched 5-14

dccshut 5-14

dccstat 5-14

dccsuspend 5-15

dccswitch 5-15

dccview 5-15

dccwinnotify 5-16

Environment Variables 5-17

COPYBREAK 5-17

DATATYPE 5-17

FILEBREAK 5-17

LPDEST 5-17

LPHOME 5-17

LPPATTR 5-18

LPPAUTO 5-18

LPPAUTOMODE 5-18

LPPCONFIRM 5-18

PRTCNTL 5-19

SILENT 5-19

VIEW132 5-19

VIEW80 5-19

VIEWCOL 5-19

WHEN 5-19

Appendix A

Troubleshooting

Appendix B

Integrating LP Plus with Applications

LP Plus and UNIX lp Running Together B-2

LP Plus Replacing UNIX lp (linking/unlinking) B-3

Application Access to the Status and Control Menu B-3

Appendix C

LP Plus File and Directory Structure