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Printing with TCP/IP

Setting up the printer

This section explains TCP/IP printing using lprportd supported by standard OS/2. Follow the steps below to set up the printer.

Setting up the printer

Double-click the OS/2 System folder, then the System Setup folder, and then double-click the TCP/IP Configuration icon.

Click the Printing tab. Type the IP address of the Internal Print Server in the Remote print server box and the name of the remote print server's printer in the second text box. Enter a value greater than or equal to 1 in the Maximum number of LPD ports box.

Click the Hostnames tab. Go to Page 2 by clicking the arrow.

Click Add. In the HOSTS Entry dialog box, type the IP address and hostname of your machine. Then click Add.

Click Add again. In the HOST Entry dialog box, type the IP address and hostname of the printer. Then click Add.

Click the Autostart tab. Select lprportd from the Services to autostart list. Check the Autostart service check box, and select the Detached radio button.

Save the settings you made in the TCP/IP Configuration dialog box, and restart your computer.

Double-click Template from the OS/2 System folder. Right-click Printer and drag it to your desktop to create a printer.

Double-click the Printer icon to link lprportd to the printer.

Note:

If you haven't set up the printer, see your OS/2 documentation for instructions.

Select Properties from the control menu, then click the Output Port tab.

From the Output Port list box, double-click a port from \PIPE\LPD0 to \PIPE\LPDn (where n is the maximum number of LPD ports).

Type the IP address of the Internal Print Server in the LPD server box. Type the printer name set in step 2 in the LPD printer box.

Close the Printer icon to exit printer configuration.

Note:

To use the printer with TCP/IP, you need to configure the Internal Print Server for TCP/IP using EpsonNet WinAssist/WebAssist through another client, such as Windows 98/95/2000/NT.

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