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Using the LPR Command
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7. Press the DOWN arrow key to access the portion of the IP Address to
be changed.
8. Press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow key to change access to the portion
of the IP Address to be changed.
9. Press the DOWN arrow key to select the portion of the IP Address to
be changed.
10. Press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow key to select the desired value.
11. Press the ENTER key to make the selection. An asterisk appears to
the right of the value.
12. Press the UP arrow key and you will be returned to step 8.
13. When you are finished changing parameters, exit the configuration
menus and lock the ENTER key. (Refer to your printer’s
User’s
Manual
for details.)
Test the setting by performing a
ping
command from an OS/2 command
prompt as follows:
ping
ip_address
where the
ip_address
is the IP address of the printer PrintNet
Interface. If this does not work, repeat the steps to make sure the IP
values on the operator panel are correct. If they are correct, contact your
network administrator for possible network problems.
OS/2 Workstation Configuration
OS/2 must use the TCP/IP LPR protocol in order to send jobs to the
PrintNet to be printed. This section will explain how to use the LPR
command and how to setup an OS/2 print queue which will forward jobs
to the printer using the LPR protocol.
Using the LPR Command
At an OS/2 command prompt, enter lpr -s
ip_address
-p
EthernetInterface_queue filename