Chapter 3 Installing Printer Drivers and Utilities
Configuring the TCP/IP Printer Port in
Windows 2000/XP
By default, your printer is installed on LPT1 — the physical printer port of your computer. To print over the network, you must now install a virtual port, and tell Windows to print over the virtual printer port rather than the physical port.
1. Open the Printers folder.
Windows 2000: from the Start button, select Setting and click Printers.
Windows XP: from the Start button, select Printers and Faxes.
2.In the Printers folder,
3.In the Printer Properties window, select the Ports tab.
4.Click the Add Port button to open the Printer Ports window.
5.In the Printer Ports window, select Standard TCP/IP Port to start the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard. Click Next to begin the Wizard.
6.Enter the IP address or network name of the printer. This will also be used as the Port Name of the printer. Click Next to continue.
7.If the printer was found on the network, the Wizard will display the network characteristics of the printer. Verify that the settings are cor- rect and click Finish to complete the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard.
8.Click Close to close the Printer Ports window.
9.In the Tally T8006e Properties window, click Close to complete the printer port installation.
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