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How To / Installing the Printer Driver

OS/2

LPR printing
NetBEUI printing

This section explains how to configure and use the print server with an IBM OS/2 System, which includes OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 (OS/2 Warp Connect and OS/2 Warp Server).

LPR printing

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.

Enter the IP address of the 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 of 1 or greater in the Maximum number of LPD ports box.

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.

Setting up your printer

Double-click Template from the OS/2 System folder.

Drag Printer to your desktop to create a printer.

Double-click the Printer icon.

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

From the Output Port list box, select one from \PIPE\LPD0 to \PIPE\LPDn (where n is the maximum number of LPD ports). The \PIPE\LPD -Settings dialog box will appear.

Enter the IP address of the print server in the LPD server box. Enter the printer name set in step 2 in the LPD printer box.

Close the Printer icon to exit printer configuration.

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NetBEUI printing

Be sure that IBM OS/2 NetBIOS is installed on your computer.

To create a printer, double-click the target printer icon to open the Properties dialog box. Then click the Output Port tab.

Select the port.

Connect to the printer from the command line.

Example: Connect the printer to LPT1.

net use LPT1: \\NetBIOS name of print server\ Device name of print server

Note:

To change the NetBIOS name and device name, use EpsonNet WinAssist or WebAssist running on Windows Me/98/95/2000/NT.

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