Configuring to use the pdpr command
If you are migrating from InfoPrint Manager to RICOH ProcessDirector and you use the
pdpr command to submit jobs, you can configure RICOH ProcessDirector to continue receiving jobs from the same pdpr command.pdpr command in RICOH ProcessDirector is a script that is packaged in a self-extracting Perl script. The script must be
installed on all client computers that submit jobs with pdpr. Before you configure
the primary server, follow the instructions to install the script on your client computers
and configure them correctly, including making updates to the pdpr.cfg file.pdpr script in RICOH ProcessDirector creates an lprafp command to submit jobs, adding flags to send supported job property
values to the primary server. As a result, the configuration on the primary server
is similar to the configuration steps for configuring to use the LPD protocol.
To configure to use the pdpr command:
- Start SMIT, then click . Open the list of choices for Subsystem Name and select lpd.
- Open
/etc/hosts.lpdand make sure that all the computers that you installed the pdpr script on are listed. - Create LPD input devices to receive jobs from the
pdprscript. Make sure the name of the input devices match the names that you used in the rules you created in thepdpr.cfgfile.When you submit a job using
pdpr, thepdproptions are converted to options on thelprafpcommand. The LPD input device uses the file listed in the Child workflow parsing rules property to map options on thelprafpcommand to RICOH ProcessDirector properties.The default value for the Child workflow parsing rules property is the path to the sample
receive_lpd_jobtype.cfgorreceive_lpd_pdf_jobtype.cfgfile. This file contains mappings for most of thelprafpcommand options that RICOH ProcessDirector supports. You can update or copy the file to add more mappings if needed.