Installing TCP/IP Print Services and Configuring LPD/LPR Printers in Windows NT and for the PortServer II (TS) or Digi One Device Servers


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Installing TCP/IP Print Services and Configuring LPD/LPR Printers in Windows NT and for the PortServer II (TS) or Digi One Device Servers Installing TCP/IP Print Services and Configuring LPD/LPR Printers in Windows NT and for the PortServer II (TS) or Digi One Device Servers

1. First, you will need to install TCP/IP Print services in Windows NT, as a network service.

2.   Under Network Services, click Add...to add a Service (see Figure 1).

                                                        Figure 1

2.   Select Microsoft TCP/IP Printing and click OK (see Figure 2).

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3. This will require you to insert the Windows NT Installation Disk.

4. Allow the newly added service to bind and reboot the Windows NT machine (see Figure 3).

Figure 3

5. Next, you will be able to configure the LPR/LPD Printer.

6. From the Start button, select Settings, and Printers (see Figure 4).

Figure 4

7. Double click on the icon to Add Printer (see Figure 5).

Figure 5

8. In Add Printer Wizard select the radio button next to My Computer, click Next (see Figure 6).

Figure 6

9. In the Add Printer Wizard click on Add Port...button (see Figure 7).

Figure 7

10. From the Printer Ports option list select LPR Port (see Figure 8)

Figure 8

11. Enter the IP Address or DNS Name of the PortServer II. Enter the Print Queue Name, as defined in the Command Reference Manual
       See Chapter 5 for further details and examples (see Figure 9). Click Ok.

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12. Select the newly created port from the list (see Figure 10).

Figure 10

13. Select the Manufacturer and Model of the Printer you are installing (see Figure 11). Click Next.

Figure 11

14. Enter a name for the Printer and specify whether this will be the default printer (see Figure 12). Click Next.

Figure 12

15. You will now have the option to share the printer (see Figure 13). Click Next.

Figure 13

16. Choose to print test page if desired, and click Finish (see Figure 14).

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