![[Intel Navigation Header]](/CONTENT/PIX/HEADER.GIF)
Configuring a NetportExpress(TM) XL print server with Windows NT LPR
CONFIGURE A NETPORTEXPRESS(TM) XL PRINT SERVER WITH LPR FROM WINDOWS NT*
To set up a NetportExpress(TM) XL print server for LPR printing with
Windows NT*, you must first configure the XL in Netport(R) Manager.
Then, from Windows NT, do one of two things:
* Execute LPR from the Windows NT command line, or
* Set up an LPR port in Print Manager.
To configure the XL in Netport Manager for LPR printing from Windows NT,
carry out the following steps:
1. Start Netport Manager and select the Netport print server you want
to configure for LPR printing.
2. Choose Configure, then Protocols, then TCP/IP. Click Configure.
3. In the TCP/IP dialog box, click the Define LPD button. Enter an IP
address for each port you want to print from. Enter information in
the other TCP/IP fields as desired. If you want detailed
information, refer to the TCP/IP Printing Guide that came with the
product.
4. Click OK, then Close.
You have configured the XL for TCP/IP printing and can now exit
Netport Manager.
To print from the NT Command Prompt, using LPR, carry out the following:
From the Windows NT command prompt, enter an LPR command. The
syntax of LPR is:
LPR -S <server> -P <printer> <filename>
Server can be either the NetPort print server's host name (if
defined in a DNS or the /ETC/HOSTS file) or the IP address for that
port as entered in Netport Manager.
Printer can be either TEXT for text jobs, or PASSTHRU for
PostScript* jobs or jobs that should be copied to the printer
directly.
Filename is the name of the file to be printed.
For example, to print a PostScript* file, named CONTENTS.PS, to the
IP address on parallel port 1, type:
LPR -S 137.46.201.38 -P PASSTHRU CONTENTS.PS
To print to an LPR port from within Print Manager, carry out the
following steps:
1. Set up the printer drivers as usual.
2. Choose Printer Properties, then choose Other... in the Print to:
box.
3. Choose LPR Port. This will bring up the Add LPR compatible printer
dialog box.
4 In the Add LPR compatible printer dialog box do the following:
For the name of the host, enter the IP address of the XL's parallel
use.
In the Name of the printer box, enter either PASSTHRU or TEXT.
PASSTHRU is correct for most of the jobs that you will print from
Windows NT, and TEXT is correct for most spooled print jobs that
involve plain text files printed from the DOS prompt.
5. Click OK to accept changes.
Trademark information