last step in the hardware installation
of the initial setup below
Setup sequence:
1.Install hardware; power on the print server. Refer to procedure.
2.Configure TCP/IP parameters on the print server. Refer to summary of methods.
3.Find the driver for your printer and install it.
4.Create a TCP/IP port and connect it to the driver. You can use Microsoft LPR port, for example.
5.Do LPD setup procedure for the Windows or Macintosh client:
❍LPD on Windows NT or 2000 systems
❍LPD on Mac OS systems
Setting up LPD
on Windows NT/2000 systems
Note: Make sure you have done the LPD prerequisites.
LPD (Line Printer Daemon) setup involves setting up the print queues, creating a port for printing, and verifying the setup on the system. The procedure depends on the operating system:
●Windows NT 4.0 LPD setup procedure
●Windows 2000 LPD setup procedure
Reference on queues
In the procedure below you will set up a print queue for each printer or printer personality (PCL or PostScript) used on each system. Also, different queues are required for formatted and unformatted files. You can use the queue names listed in the following table.
raw | no processing |
text | carriage return added |
auto | automatic |
binps | binary Postscript |
| defined by user; optionally including |
