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Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup

Windows Host Configuration

This section covers Windows NT and Windows 95, Windows 3.1 and

Printronix Printing System (PPS) new printer setups.

Windows NT 3.51 Host Setup

To configure a new printer on a Windows NT 3.51 station:

1.

Open the “Control Panel.”

2.

Double click on “Printers.”

3.

Select “Create a Printer” from the “Printer” menu to display the

dialogue box in Figure 10

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Figure 10. Create a Printer Dialogue Box

4.

Define a name to represent this print setup and select the appropriate driver for the printer that will be used in this setup. For printer driver choose “generic text” or Epson “FX1050” or “Proprinter” based on print need.

5.

Under the “Print To” field, select “Other...”

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6.

Select “LPR Port” from the list that displays and click OK to bring up a

dialogue box similar to the one found in Figure 11

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Figure 11. Add LPR Compatible Printer Dialogue Box

7.

Type in the IP address or host name of the PrintNet in the first field.

8.

Type in the name of a pre-defined destination/queue on the PrintNet in the second field.

NOTE: This name must be a name of an existing destination/queue on the PrintNet and it must be lowercase by default. You will probably use “

d1prn

”.

9.

Click OK when done specifying these two fields.

You now have a new network printer which relies on the standard TCP/IP print protocol, LPD, to print remotely to a printer with the PrintNet.

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup

This installation procedure assumes that the PrintNet adapter is configured with the correct IP address, subnet mask and gateway (if required). In addition, the administrator can “ ping

” and telnet to the

PrintNet adapter from the server console.

If this is not the case, use the printer front panel or the IPAssign utility to configure the PrintNet adapter before proceeding.

1.

Select “Settings:Printers” from the “Start” menu.

2.

Double click on the “Add Printer” icon. The “Add Printer Wizard” window is displayed.

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3.

Select “My Computer”.

4.

At the next window, click on “Add Port ...”.

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5.

Double click on “LPR Port”. If LPR Port is not listed it means that

Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service is not installed.

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6.

In the “Name or address of server providing lpd:” box, enter the IP address of the PrintNet adapter. In the “Name of printer or print queue on that server:” box, enter d1prn.

Windows NT 4.0 Host Setup

7.

Select the “Generic/Text only” printer driver or install the Printronix

P5000 series driver from the Printronix web page at www.printronix.com. The generic driver is good for troubleshooting installation problems. The network administrator can always go back and install the P5000 driver at a later time.

8.

In the “Printer Name” box, enter a name for this printer.

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9.

Determine if the printer is shared with other network users. If it is shared, the share name and the operating system must be selected.

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10. Print a Windows test page.

11. If there are any problems during or after installation, see “Windows

NT 4.0 Host Setup Problems” on page 47

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Windows 95 Host Setup

Windows 95 Host Setup

To configure a new printer on a Windows 95 station:

1.

Select “Settings:Printers” from the “Start” menu.

2.

Double click on the “Add Printer” icon.

3.

Select “Network Printer” from the second window of the “Add Printer” wizard that loaded.

4.

At the next window, click on BROWSE to help fill in the network path of this printer.

5.

At the “Browse for Printer” dialogue box that displays, double click on the appropriate workgroup containing the PrintNet. By default, the print server falls under the workgroup, “WORKGROUP.”

6.

Continue searching the network until you see the PrintNet name,

“M_ xxxxxx ”, where “ xxxxxx ” equals the last six digits of the print server Ethernet address found when a configuration is printed.

7.

Once you see the PrintNet, double click on it to display a list of predefined destinations/queues to choose from.

8.

Select a destination/queue that will use “

d1prn

”.

9.

Click OK once you have selected a destination.

10. Back at the network path window, select NEXT since this path should now be filled in for you.

11. At the next window, select the appropriate print driver and click on

NEXT.

12. Fill in a name for this new network printer at the next window and decide if you want this to be the default printer. This printer name can be anything you would like as long as it is unique.

13. When prompted for a test page, select either “Yes” or “No” depending on the state of the attached printer and click on FINISH.

NOTE: Windows may ask for a disk or CD-ROM to load the appropriate printer driver to complete this new printer setup.

There should now be a new printer icon within the “Printers” folder. This new network printer relies on NetBIOS over TCP/IP as the underlying protocol to print to the PrintNet.

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Printronix Printing System (PPS) Host Setup

To configure a new PPS printer on a Windows station, you will need to:

1.

Insert the diskette labeled “PPS” into the floppy drive.

2.

Load the File Manager or WinFile and look under the floppy drive for a PPS ZIP file.

3.

Double click on the PPS ZIP file to extract all files within it to a directory on the Windows station.

4.

Once extracted to a directory, find the “Setup” file and double click on this to load the InstallShield Wizard.

5.

Answer the prompts throughout the wizard and select “Yes” to restart your computer at the end.

6.

Once your computer is rebooted, open the “Settings:Printers” folder to view your existing printers.

NOTE: PPS will only work with an existing printer. Therefore, if you do not have an existing printer that you can alter, create one now using any port settings you would like. These will be changed in the following steps.

7.

Select the printer that you want to use with PPS and click the right mouse button to bring up a sub-menu.

8.

Select “Properties” from this menu to display the current settings for this printer.

9.

Click on the “Details” tab to display the printer port settings.

10. Click on the ADD PORT button.

11. At the “Add Port” dialogue box that displays, click on the button labeled “Other.”

12. Click on “TCP/IP Printer Port” within this “Other” list.

13. At the next dialogue box that displays, fill in the host name or IP address of the PrintNet in the first field.

14. Fill in a valid TCP port number on the PrintNet in the second field.

The choice is

4400

or

9100

for PRN.

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15. Click OK when done to return to the “Details” window. You should now see something relating to “PPS Port” within the “Print to the following port:” field.

16. Click OK to close this printer properties window.

You now have a new network printer which relies on PPS to print remotely to a printer off of the PrintNet.

Windows 3.1 Host Setup

If you are running Windows 3.1 stations on your network, you will need to rely on either TCP/IP or IPX to print to the PrintNet. If IPX is used, you will have a print queue defined on a Novell file server which your Windows

3.1 stations will send their print jobs to. The PrintNet will then service this print queue as either a PSERVER or an RPRINTER. Please see Chapter

5, “Novell Configuration” for further details.

If you want to rely on TCP/IP, you will need a third party TCP stack loaded onto your Windows station since TCP/IP support did not automatically come with Windows until the introduction of Windows NT and Windows

95. You may also be running a third party stack if you decided not to use a Microsoft operating system.

Some common TCP stacks are FTP Software's

Chameleon, and Frontier Technologies'





OnNet, NetManager's



SuperTCP. In each case, they allow your Windows 3.1 station to communicate with other TCP/IP devices. This means you can send print jobs to the PrintNet as well.

The most common print method offered with Windows TCP stacks is

LPR/LPD, a multi-platform remote printing protocol used on everything from PCs to mainframes. The LPR print setup is very simplistic, involving only two parameters:

1.

PrintNet IP address. The IP address or host name of the print server you want to print to.

2.

PrintNet destination/queue. A pre-defined name on the print server telling the device which I/O port to send the jobs to. The standard name for the PRN port is “

d1prn

”.

NOTE: This destination name is case sensitive and by default, all names are lowercase.

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