Ip Peer To Peer Printing; Lpr Printing; Macos Setup - NEC 870 - SuperScript B/W Laser Printer Network Quickstart

IP Peer to Peer Printing

First, Prepare Your Computer System
You must have the NEC SuperScript 870
printer driver installed to print peer to peer.
Also, the Microsoft TCP/IP protocol stack
must be installed and properly configured
on your workstation. The network and the
network print servers must support IP .
Next, Install the PeertoPeer-IP Program
1. Insert the 870 Network Solutions CD
into the drive. Click on Windows Start
button and select Run .
2. At Run, type: <drive>:\[what???],
Then click OK , and follow the Install
wizard prompts. When installation is
complete, click OK .
Then, Add the Peer to Peer Printer in
Windows
1. Click the Start button, select Settings ,
then select Printers .
2. In the Printers window, double-click
Add Printer and follow the Add Printer
wizard prompts. When the Add Printer
wizard asks how the printer is attached,
select Local printer . Specify NEC as the
Manufacturer and NEC SuperScript 870
as the Printer.
3. Your peer to peer network printers will
be listed as local printer ports. Select
one.
4. Continue until the process is complete.

lpr Printing

The following procedure can be used to set
up the lpr spooler for a Windows NT 4.x
workstation/server.
1. Install the SuperScript 870 Printer
Drivers & Utilities for Windows NT 4.x .
2. In Windows NT 4.x, click the Start
button, select Settings , then select
Printers .
3. Select the NEC SuperScript 870 icon,
and then select Properties from the
File menu .
4. Click on the Ports tab (the SuperScript
870 driver installs to LPT1 by default).
5. Then select Add Port .
6. Under Available Printer Port select LPR
Port and New Port button.
7. In the Name or address of server
providing lpd field, enter the IP
(Protocol) address of the printer.
8. In the Name of printer or print queue
on that server field, enter PORT1 (the
word "PORT" must be in uppercase).
Click OK , then click Close to assign that
newly created port to the 870.
9. Click on the Sharing tab in the NEC
SuperScript 870 Properties window .
10. Click on the radio button Shared and
enter a name for your 870 printer.
11. Click OK to apply these settings to
your printer.

MacOS Setup

First, Install 870 MacOS Software
Insert the 870 Network Solutions CD in
1.
your drive and double-click the
SuperScript 870 Installer icon.
2. The installer prompts you to select
installation preferences and creates
the SuperScript 870 Folder on your
hard drive.
Next, Choose the Printer
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu
and make sure the AppleTalk Active
button is selected.
2. In the Chooser, select the SuperScript
870 printer icon, select the AppleTalk
zone your printer is on, then select the
printer's name in the printer list.
Set Background Printing
In the Chooser, set Background Printing to
On or Off. Background Printing allows you
to continue working while a job is printing.
Then, Rename Your Printer
If you have more than one SuperScript 870
printer on your network, you should
rename your printer.
1. In the SuperScript 870 Folder on your
hard drive, double-click the
SuperScript 870 Utilities icon.
2. From the Utilities menu, select Name
Printer and follow the directions in the
dialog box.