Intermate 100 manual Windows NT, Introduction

Windows NT 4.0: Introduction

3.Windows NT 4.0

3.1.Introduction

The following protocols are supported

•“Standard TCP/IP Port” = Raw Socket (Port 9100, Reverse Telnet) using the Intermate Port 9100 Print Port.

•LPR (for standard ASCII data, e.g. PCL and PostScript) using the Intermate LPR Print Port.

What is a “printer”

•LPR using the native LPR in Windows NT 4.0 (“Native LPR” [page 38].

In this chapter, the two types of protocols available on the Intermate Print Port are covered first in the section “Using an Intermate Print Port for Raw Socket or LPR” [page 33].

In order to print properly from an LPR queue, a TCP/IP net- work-connected printer must have a card that supports LPD. Note that the LPR port is best suited to servers that need to communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX machines by way of RFC 1179. For computers that need to submit print jobs to host computers, the standard TCP/IP port should be used in most cases.

In Windows, the definition of a “printer” consists of three ele- ments:

aa physical printer from a specific printer manufacturer and of a specific type or model, with a specific IP address

ba specific driver to be used (this driver may or may not be from the same manufacturer)

cthe port name to be used (port names are often in themselves composed of two parts, for example an IP address and a port).

Once defined, printers appear on the “Settings > Printer” func- tion and they are presented on the list of printers you can choose from whenever you use a Windows application on your

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