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PhaserShare Networking Manual
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TCP/IP Configuration (OS/2 Warp/LAN Server)
Creating an LPR queue in OS/2 Warp Connect (direct LPR
connection to the printer)
OS/2 Warp Connect allows you to print directly to Tektronix printers via LPR (no
server).
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It is important that
LPRPORTD.EXE
and
LPD.EXE
be running in the background.
You can set these to run automatically from the Autostart tab of the TCP/IP
Configuration dialog box.
1.
Create a Printer Object. To do this, use the right mouse button to drag the
Printer template from the Templates folder to the desktop; this displays
the Create a Printer dialog box.
2.
In the Create Printer dialog box, enter the name of the printer.
3.
If the driver is already installed, select the appropriate driver; if the driver
is not installed, you must install it:
a.
Click Install new printer driver; this displays the Install new printer
driver dialog box.
b.
In the Printer Driver Selection section, select Other OS/2 printer
driver, then specify the path to the driver. For example:
c.
Click Refresh, then select the new driver from the list. Click Install
and follow the on-screen prompts.
4.
Click the right mouse button on an available Pipe port (0 through 7) and
select Settings from the menu; the Settings dialog box is displayed. If
ports are not selectable or are unavailable, follow these steps:
a.
Select Install Ports from Settings and enter C:\TCPIP\DLL where
appropriate. You will only have to do this if no printers were specified
when TCP/IP was installed.
b.
This is where the ports that were not available can be selected: Lpt1-3,
Com 1-4, and Pipe 0-7.
c.
Once ports are installed, select a Pipe, such as Pipe 1, then double-click
this port.
d:\os2drv