Windows Nt Troubleshooting - Lantronix ETS Reference Manual

Windows NT Troubleshooting

To make the lpt redirect permanent, enter the following command.
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C:> NET USE /PERSISTENT:YES
When the host is rebooted, it will automatically attempt to connect to the ETS.
11.1.2.2 Printing from NetBIOS
Follow these steps to print from NetBIOS.
1 Exit the MS-DOS shell.
Open the NT Print Manager; its icon is located in the Main window on the desktop.
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3 Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu (see Figure 11-2 on page 11-1).
In the Printer Name box, enter the name of the queue on the NT host.
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5 Click the Driver menu arrow; select the required printer driver from the pull-down menu.
6 Enter a description string in the Description box.
Click the Print To menu arrow to view its pull-down menu, and select the lpt port you wish to redi-
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rect. Click the OK button in each print dialog displayed.
Windows NT versions prior to 3.51 do not ship with a basic text-only printer
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driver. If you wish to print to a terminal for testing purposes, you'll need to use
some type of line printer driver and will see the embedded print codes.
If you'd like this printer to be the default printer, click on the Default pop-up menu in the Print Man-
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ager dialog and scroll to the printer's name (see Figure 11-6 on page 11-3).
11.2 Windows NT Troubleshooting
If you've followed the setup instructions listed in this chapter, Windows NT printing should run smoothly.
However, there are two potential problems.
When Windows NT determines that insufficient progress is being made on a print job, it will
automatically time out print jobs, forcing you to abort or retry.
By default, the timeout period is set to 45 seconds. If you have a slow printer, this timeout period may
not be long enough; Windows NT may time out your print job when it's queued to the ETS. To change
the timeout period, see the Settings dialog box in Windows NT.
On some versions of Windows NT, editing the timeout period does not actually change the 45 second
timeout period. If you are unable to change your timeout period, try using LPR instead.
Windows NT supports printing via AppleTalk and LAN Manager. However, the ETS and NT
AppleTalk implementations are not compatible at this time; the ETS cannot accept AppleTalk jobs
from Windows NT hosts.
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Figure 11-9: Making Redirect Permanent
LAN Manager Host Setup