Philips 5900 user manual Adding Printers in OS/2, TCP/IP Printing

Adding Printers in OS/2

Section 8 Adding Printers in OS/2

This section describes how to set up your print server for printing in the

OS/2 environment.

Continue with the instructions presented in the table below:

Protocol	See ...
TCP/IP	“TCP/IP Printing” on page 86
NetBIOS/NetBEUI	“NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2” on page 87

TCP/IP Printing

Having assigned an IP address to the print server, you are now ready to install it for TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The print server supports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method.

Installing the

Axis Network Print

Server

Creating a

Print Queue

Follow the instructions below to install the print server using the lprportd service method:

1.Open the OS/2 System window, select TCP/IP and TCP/IP Configuration.

2.Select Printing, type a number, e.g. 1, in the Maximum number of LPD ports field. The Remote print server and Remote print server's printer fields should remain empty.

3.Select Autostart, select lprportd, click the Autostart check box and select Detached.

4.Exit and Save.

5.Restart your OS/2 client.

Continue with the instructions below to create a print queue:

1.Open the Template group. Create an new printer from Templates by dragging the Printer icon to the desktop with the right mouse button.

2.Select a printer driver and double-click a free Output port, for instance \PIPE\LPD0.

3.Enter the host name or the IP address of the print server in the LPD server field.

4.Enter one of the print server’s logical printer names, for example pr1, in the LPD printer field.

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