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Section 6: Setting Up - OS/2 AXIS 540/640 User’s Manual
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TCP/IP Printing
Having assigned an IP address to the AXIS 540/640, as described in
Assigning an IP address, on page 31, you are now ready to install it for
TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The AXIS 540/640
supports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method.
Installing the
AXIS 540/640
Follow the instructions below to install the AXIS 540/640 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 540/640 in the
LPD server field.
4. Enter one of the AXIS 540/640 logical printer names, for example
pr1, in the LPD printer field.