CNET CNP-101U User Manual

LPR for Windows

95/98/Me/2000/XP

TCP/IP Printing

User’s Guide

Rev. 03 (November, 2001)

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Setting up Windows 95/9 8/Me TCP/IP Printing

The Print Server can provide print services to TCP/IP networks using the

lpr/lpd network printing protocol. Most U NIX systems are capable of

supporting lpd, as is Windows NT/2000.
This LPR for TCP/IP Printing client gives Windows 95/98/Me workstations

the ability to print using the lpr/lpd printing protocol. Though it is
possible to print to Print Servers from Windows 95/98/Me, this capability is
useful if primarily administer your network from U NIX systems, or if you
want to print from workstations that are only accessible through IP routing.

Installing the LPR for TCP/IP Printing Client

Before your Windows 95/98/Me workstation can print using the lpr
protocol, you will need to install the client program, as follows:

1. Make sure that you have installed the TCP/IP protocol, and have

properly configured the Windows 95/98/Me TCP/IP settings. You
can install the protocol from the Network control panel if necessary.

2. From the Start menu, choose the Settings submenu, then the

Control Panel item within it. Windows will display the Control

Panel folder.

3. Double-click on the Network icon in the Control Panel folder.

4. Click on the Add... button on the Configuration tab.

5. Windows will ask for the type of component to add. Select C lient

and click Add... to continue.

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6. When Windows asks you to select a network client, click the Have

Disk... button.

7. Insert the Print Server installation CD in your computer’s CD-ROM ,

enter the proper pathname (for example , D:\ lpr), and click OK.

8. Select the LPR for TCP/IP Printing client and click OK.

9. Windows will copy the necessary files, and return to the Network

dialog. Click OK to let Windows restart.

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Adding LPR Printer Ports

Once you have installed the client, and have enabled TCP/IP printing for the
Print Servers, then you need to add a printer port for each printer you will be
printing to using the lpr/lpd protocol. To add a printer port,

1. From the Start menu, choose the Settings submenu, then the

Control Panel item within it. Windows will display the Control

Panel folder.

2. Double-click on the Network icon in the Control Panel folder.

3. Choose the LPR for TCP/IP Printing client and click the Properties

button.

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4. Click the Add Port... button to add a new lpd-accessible printer

port.

5. Enter the IP address of the Print Server and the name of the printer

port that you will be printing to, then press OK.

6. Click OK to leave the LPR for TCP/IP Printing Properties window.

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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 lpr-accessible
printer port from Windows 95/98/Me,

1. From the Start menu, choose the Settings submenu, then the Printers

item within it. Windows will display the Printers folder.

2. Double-click on the Add Printer icon in the Printers folder.

Windows will start the Add Printer Wizard.