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AXIS 5600 User’s Manual Section 6: Setting Up - OS/2
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TCP/IP Printing
Having assigned an IP address to the AXIS 5600, as described in
Assigning an IP address, on page 25, you are now ready to install it for
TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The AXIS 5600 supports
LPR Printing using the lprportd service method.
Installing the
AXIS 5600
Follow the instructions below to install the AXIS 5600 using the
lprportd service method:
1. Open the OS/2 System window, select TCP/IP and TCP/IP
Configuration.
2. Select Printing, type a number, e.g. 3, in the Maximum number
of LPD ports field. The Remote print server and Remote print
server's printer fields should remain empty.
3. Select Autostart, select lprportd, click the Autostart check box
and select Detached.
4. Exit and Save.
5. Restart your OS/2 client.
Creating a
print queue
Continue with the instructions below to create a print queue:
1. Open the Template group. Create an new printer from
Templates by dragging the Printer icon to the desktop with the
right mouse button.
2. Select a printer driver and double-click a free Output port, for
instance \PIPE\LPD0.
3. Enter the host name or the IP address of the AXIS 5600 in the
LPD server field.
4. Enter one of the AXIS 5600 logical printer names, for example
pr1, in the LPD printer field.