
DEFINING THE PRINTER TO THE HOST: TCP/IP ATTACHMENT
3. Define the printer to PSF/2
Follow these steps to define the IPS printer to PSF/2.
1.Select the Control Panel icon from the PSF/2 folder (located on the OS/2 Desktop).
2.From the Control Panel Main window, click on the Profile pulldown menu.
3.Select New from the Profile menu. The New device dialog window appears.
4.Enter all your new device parameter values in the fields that appear on this window.
5.Select the Settings button in the “Attachment Type” frame. The TCP/IP Settings window appears.
6.Enter the IP Address, TCP/IP Port Number, Form Definition, and Connect Timeout values on the TCP/IP Settings window.
The table below gives defaults, descriptions, and recommended values for the parameters accessible from the New Device and TCP/IP Settings windows.
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Device Name | None | Your choice | Arbitrary, but special | You will refer to the |
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| considerations if it | printer by this name in |
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| matches an OS/2 | later PSF/2 activities. |
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| device name | If you use LPT1, LPT2, |
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| otherwise used) you |
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| are able to use the OS/ |
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| 2 commands PRINT, |
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| TYPE, and COPY with |
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| the IPS printer. |
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Device | None | Your choice |
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Attachment type |
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| If TCP/IP does not | TCP/IP |
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| appear an available |
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| attachment type, either |
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| TCP/IP for OS/2 or the |
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| TCP/IP Attachment |
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| appropriate IBM |
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| installation guide for |
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| details.) |
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