Define New Printer Ports

If you want to define new printer ports after you have installed the Windows 95 Printing System Utility, follow these steps.

1.From Windows 95 open the control panels. (Select the Start menu, then the Settings submenu, then the Control Panel menu option.)

2.Open the Printers control panel.

3.If you want to use the PCL 5e driver open the NEC Silentwriter 1700 Series icon. If you want to use the PostScript driver open the NEC 1700 Series PostScript L2 icon.

4.In the driver window select the Properties menu option from the Printer menu.

5.Click on the Details tab of the Properties window,

6.In the Details tab of the Properties window, select the Add Port option to open the Add Port dialog box.

7.In the Add Port dialog box click the Other radio button. Select TCP/IP Printing System under Other.

8.Click the OK button in the Add Port dialog box to open the TCP/IP Printing System dialog box.

9.Enter the Silentwriter’s IP address in the TCP/IP Printing System dialog box. Click the OK button to close the TCP/IP Printing System dialog box.

10.Click the Capture Printer Port button.

11.In the Capture Printer Port dialog box open the pull-down menu next to Device. Select a printer port and click the Reconnect at logon checkbox to turn it on.

12.Click the OK button to close the Capture Printer Port dialog box and return to the Details tab of the Properties window.

13.Click the Apply button.

14.Click OK to leave the Properties option.

15.To close the driver window, select the Close option from the Printer menu.

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NEC 1765, 1700 Series manual Define New Printer Ports, Click the Capture Printer Port button