Philips 5900 user manual Creating, Sharing, Open LAN Server Administration

Adding Printers in OS/2

Creating	1.	Double-click the Templates folder, then drag the Printer icon out to the
a Print Queue		Workplace Shell (or into a folder) while holding the right mouse button
(OS/2 version 2.x		down.
and OS/2 Warp)	2.	Type a name of your choice in the Name field.
	3.	Select \PIPE\<name>.LP1 (or LP2), from the Port list, and select a printer
		driver suitable for your printer from the Standard Printer list.
	4.	Click OK to confirm the printer definition.
Sharing the	A print queue must be made a shared resource before it can be accessed
Print Queue	from other clients or servers. The following three examples show how you
	can share your printer resources:

Open an OS/2 window and issue the following command:

NET SHARE <queue_name> /PRINT

Where <queue_name> is the name of the queue created on the previous side.

To share a printer resource when using OS/2 Warp with IBM Peer service, follow the steps below:

1.Click the right mouse button on the printer object.

2.Select Share and then Start sharing. In the dialog box, enter a Description.

3.Select the check-boxStart sharing at LAN workstation start-up.

4.Click OK.

To share a printer resource when using LAN server 4.0, follow the steps below:

1.Open LAN Server Administration.

2.Open your domain and then Resource Definition.

3.Drag and drop a printer from the template.

4.Enter the Alias name, select a Server name and the previously created Spooler Queue Name.

5.Click OK.

The setup is completed and you can now print through your print server.

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