Document Author: Jane Rosen
Date: December 2000
Description: How to Configure LPR Printer in Windows NT 4.0
LPR Printing
Spire Color Servers
Configuring an LPR Printer on Windows NT 4.0
The following procedure describes how to configure an LPR printer in Windows NT 4.0
for printing to the Spire Color Servers. This procedure is suitable for all Spire Color
Server platforms (CSX130 & CSX2000).
Before you begin:
The following items must be installed and configured on the Windows NT 4.0 client
workstation (Server or Workstation version) before you begin:
• TCP/IP protocol
• Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service
• Latest Adobe PS Printer Driver (you can download the latest version free from
www.adobe.com
1. From the Start menu, select Settings Printers.
).
2. From the File menu, select Server Properties.
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3. Select the Ports tab and then click Add Port.
4. From the list of available ports select LPR Port.
5. Enter the exact name of the Spire Color Server (this field is case-sensitive), for
example, PQA_RUMBA1 in the Name or address of server providing lpd: field.
Then enter the exact name of the Virtual Printer you wish to print to (you can view
the exact name of the printer on the Spire Color Server, under Admin Resource
Manager Virtual Printers). In this example enter the Virtual Printer name,
PQA_RUMBA1_ProcessPrint. Click OK when you are done.
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