Chapter 4 Windows Host Configuration

11.Click the Other button.

12.Click TCP/IP Printer Port within the Other list.

13.At the next dialog box that displays, fill in the host name or IP address of the NIC in the first field.

14.Fill in a valid TCP port number on the NIC in the second field. The choice is 4400 or 9100 for PRN.

15.Click OK when done to return to the Details window. You should now see something relating to PPS Port within the Print to the following port: field.

16.Click OK to close this printer properties window.

You now have a new network printer which relies on PPS to print remotely to a printer off of the NIC.

Windows 3.1 Host Setup

If you are running Windows 3.1 stations on your network, you will need to rely on either TCP/IP or IPX to print to the NIC. If IPX is used, you will have a print queue defined on a Novell file server to which your Windows 3.1 stations will send their print jobs. The NIC will then service this print queue as either a PSERVER or an RPRINTER. Please see Chapter 5, “Novell Configuration” for further details.

If you want to rely on TCP/IP, you will need a third party TCP stack loaded onto your Windows station since TCP/IP support did not automatically come with Windows until the introduction of Windows NT and Windows 95. You may also be running a third party stack if you decided not to use a Microsoft operating system.

Some common TCP stacks are FTP Software's® OnNet®, NetManager's® Chameleon®, and Frontier Technologies'® SuperTCP®. In each case, they allow your Windows 3.1 station to communicate with other TCP/IP devices. This means you can send print jobs to the NIC as well.

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