Section 8 adding printers in os/2, Tcp/ip printing, Installing the axis network print server – Philips AXIS 5900 User Manual
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Adding Printers in OS/2
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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:
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
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.
Creating a
Print Queue
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.
Protocol
See ...
TCP/IP
NetBIOS/NetBEUI