Defining PCLOut printer devices
To define a PCLOut printer device:
- Click the Administration tab.
- In the left pane, click .
- Click .
- On the General tab, fill in values for all the required fields.
- On the Scheduling tab, set values for the properties that you want to use to schedule jobs to this
printer. If you leave values blank, they match any value that is set in the corresponding
job scheduling properties.For example, set these properties to schedule jobs based on media, output bins, and punching and stapling functions of the printer:
- Media supported
If you choose specific media, only jobs that use that media can be scheduled to this printer. If you choose Ready media objects, only jobs that require the media that is currently loaded in the printer can be scheduled to the printer. If you choose All media, all jobs can be scheduled to the printer, regardless of what media is actually loaded.
- Output bins available
Any output bin that can be installed on the printer is considered available, although on some printers you cannot install all the output bins at the same time.
- Punch capable
- Staple capable
- Media supported
- On the SNMP tab, make sure that the Use SNMP and Get tray information from printer properties are set to Yes.
- On the remaining tabs, fill in values for any of the optional fields:
- The default is that the printer driver reports status information in the language that you selected when you installed the RICOH ProcessDirector server. To receive messages from this printer in a different language, set the Printer language property appropriately.
- If you want the printer to print duplex jobs, set the Duplex property to Yes. PCLOut printers do not honor duplex settings specified in the Duplex job property.
- Click OK.
- Configure the media settings for the printer.
- From the Printers panel, select the new printer.
- Click .
- Select each tray individually and click Set tray media. Choose the media loaded in that tray and click OK.If the Media does not exist, you can create it.
- The first time you define a PCLOut printer, make sure that an LPR client is
installed on the Windows primary computer.
- On a Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 primary computer:
- Look in
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
for a file calledlpr.exe
. If you find it, stop. - Look in
C:\Windows\System32\
forlpr.exe
. - If you do not find
lpr.exe
, install the LPR Port Monitor feature. Use one of these methods:- In the Control Panel, click .
- In Before You Begin, click Next.
- In Installation Type, select Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
- In Server Selection, select the current server from the Server Pool list and click Next.
- In Server Roles, select the Print and Document Services check box.
- In the Add Roles and Features Wizard pop-up window, click Add Features.
- Click Next.
- In Features, select the LPR Port Monitor check box and click Next.
- In Print and Document Services, click Next.
- In Role Services select the Print Server check box and click Next.
- In Confirmation, click Install.
- In Results, click Close.
- Copy these files from
C:\Windows\System32\
toC:\Windows\SysWOW64
:lpr.exe
lprhelp.dll
lprmon.dll
lprmonui.dll
Examples of the Printer command property
You can set the Printer command property of a PCLOut printer to a command like this one. Substitute the IP address of the printer for printer_IP_address. Always use PASS as the value for the -P flag.
lpr -P PASS -S printer_IP_address
- Note:
- PCLOut printers do not support RICOH ProcessDirector symbols such as ${Job.Name} in the PCLOut printer command.