Intermate manual Windows 95/98, Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer port

Windows 95/98: Introduction

4.Windows 95/98

4.1.Introduction

The following protocols are supported, provided that you install the Intermate Print Port (page 43).

•Raw Socket (Port 9100, Reverse Telnet).

•LPR (for standard ASCII data, e.g. PCL and PostScript) IN order to print properly from an LPR queue, a TCP/IP- network-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 (such as Raw Socket) should be used in most cases.

The the installation process is split up like this:

•“New “Printer”” [page 44]; this can be skipped if you already have a printer defined that you want to re- configure

What is a “printer”

•“Add the Intermate Port 9100 or LPR printer port” [page 46]

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

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