OTHER PRINTING METHODS
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● OTHER PRINTING METHODS
FTP Printing
FTP printing is available when the FTP print service is enabled 
in this equipment.
You can print a document by sending the print file to this 
equipment using the FTP. This equipment can accept the 
following files for printing:
•PCL file
• PS (PostScript) file
•Text file
Note
• When the User Management setting is enabled, a print job 
sent in FTP printing is processed as an invalid job according 
to the User Authentication Enforcement setting. For more 
information about the User Authentication Enforcement 
setting, refer to the TopAccess Guide.
Memo
• In Windows, you can create the PCL file and PS file using 
the machine driver. To create the PCL file or PS file, change 
the printer port of the printer driver to “FILE:” port and print a 
document using the printer driver. For more information 
about printing to a file, refer to the Windows documentation.
• In Macintosh, you can create the PS file using the printer 
driver. To create the PS file, select “File” at the [Destination] 
box in the Print dialog box to print. For more information 
about printing to a file, refer to the Macintosh 
documentation.
Printing a file using the FTP command
The procedure below describes the example of printing using 
the FTP command with the MS-DOS Prompt.
1
Launch the MS-DOS Prompt.
2
Change the current directory to that in 
which the print file is located.
3
Type following command and press the 
[Enter] key:
ftp <IP Address>
In the <IP Address> section, enter the IP address of this 
equipment.
4
If it prompts you to enter the user name, 
enter the FTP Print User Name and press 
the [Enter] key.
Note
• It prompts you to enter the user name if the FTP Print 
User Name is assigned by an administrator. Ask your 
administrator for the FTP Print User Name.
5
If it prompts you to enter the password, 
enter the FTP Print Password and press the 
[Enter] key.
Note
• It prompts you to enter the password if the FTP Print 
User Name is assigned by an administrator. Ask your 
administrator for the FTP Print Password.
• If the FTP Print User Name has been assigned but the 
FTP Print Password is blank, do not enter when it 
prompts you to enter the password and press the 
[Enter] key.
6
Type the following command and press the 
[Enter] key:
put <file name>
For example, if the print file name is “sample.ps”:
put sample.ps
7
The file is sent to this equipment and 
spooled in the queue.