Setting up Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing The Print Server can provide print services to TCP/IP networks using LPR/LPD capable of supporting The LPR for TCP/IP Printing client gives Windows 95/98/Me workstations the ability to print using the Though it is possible to print to Print Servers from Windows 95/98/Me, LPR printing is primarily used in networks with U implementation or if the user wants to print from workstations that are only accessible through IP routing.
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LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide 4. Click on the Add... button on the Configuration tab. 5. Windows will ask for the type of component to add. Select Client and click Add... to continue. 6. When Windows asks you to select a network client, click the Have Disk...
Adding LPR Printer Ports Once you have installed the client, and have enabled TCP/IP printing for the Print Servers, then you will need to add a printer port for each printer you will be printing to using the printer port, 1.
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LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide 4. Click the Add Port... button to add a new printer port. 5. Enter the IP address of the Print Server and the name of the printer port that you will be printing to, and then press OK. 6.
Printing from Windows 95/98/Me After you have added the necessary printer ports, you can add a printer device for printing to the port. To enable printing to an printer port from Windows 95/98/Me, 1. From the Start menu, choose the Settings submenu, then the Printers item within it.
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LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide Click the Next > button to continue to the next screen. 3. Choose the Network Printer selection and click the Next > button to continue. 4. Enter the name of the port, as displayed in the LPR for TCP/IP Printing Port List.
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Alternatively, you can click Browse... and locate the printer port. TCP/IP printing ports are located under the Entire Network icon, within the Print Servers - TCP/IP LPR icon. Press OK when you have located the proper printer port. Click Next > to continue to the next step. 5.
LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide 7. Windows will prompt whether to print a test page to make sure that the printer that the printer is functioning properly. Windows will then prompt whether the test page printed. Setting TCP/IP Printing Settings client’s Properties dialog allows you to change several of the client’s settings.
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LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide 4. Click on the Settings tab to access the client settings. Change the settings as necessary, and press OK to let the changes take effect. Setting up Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing...
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LPR for Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP Printing User’s Guide The parameters are as follows: Communication Timeout - Determines how long, in seconds, the system will wait before determining that it has lost connection with LPR/LPD Retry Interval - Determines how long, in seconds, the system will wait before retrying a lost connection.