Philips 5900 Manuale Utente

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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

This section describes how to set up your print server for printing in the 

OS/2 environment.

Continue with the instructions presented in the table below:

Having assigned an IP address to the print server, you are now ready to 

install it for TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The print server 

supports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method.

Follow the instructions below to install the print server 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. 1, 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.

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 

\PIPE\LPD0.

3. Enter the host name or the IP address of the print server in the 

LPD server 

field.

4. Enter one of the print server’s logical printer names, for example pr1, in the 

LPD printer field.