Re: LPD/LPR printing or alternative

On 04/26/07 01:10 pm Stan Goodman wrote:

I want to try to use LPD/LPR printing with the H-P JetDrive print server and OS/2. I have instructions for doing this with WinXP. They are tantalizingly close to being translatable to OS/2 terms, but I don't know enough to do the translation to the OS/2 - TCP/IP implementation that I see in the TCP/IP configuration notebook. Could someone more knowledgable look at these WinXP instructions and help with this? Here they are:
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Configuring LPD for Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server
Add the Windows Optional Networking Components, and then configure the
LPR port.
Adding Windows Optional Networking Components 1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Network and Internet Connections
4. Click the Network Connections icon. This will open a new window named Network Connections
5. Choose Advanced in the top menu bar. In the drop down list, click Optional Networking Components. This will open another window named Windows Optional Networking Components Wizard
6. Click Other Network File and Print Services and click Next
(If you choose the Details button before selecting Next, you will see Print Services for UNIX as a component of Other Network File and Print
Services.) There will be some animation showing files being loaded.
7. Close the Network Connections window. LPR port is now an option in the Properties of a printer under Ports, Add Port.
Configuring LPD printing from Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server Adding a new printer 1. Open the Printers folder (from the desktop, click Start, then click Printers and Faxes.
2. Click Add Printer. On the Add Printer Wizard welcome screen, click Next.
3. Click Local printer, and then uncheck the automatic detection for Plug and Play printer installation. Click Next.
4. Click Create a new port, and click LPR Port from the pull-down menu. Click Next.
5. In the Add LPR Compatible Printer window, do the following:
1. Type the Domain Name System (DNS) name or Internet protocol (IP) address of the HP Jetdirect print server.
2. Type (in lowercase) the name of the print queue for the HP Jetdirect print server (for example: raw, text, auto, or binps.) For printing to multi-port Jetdirects, see the LPR queue name section below .
3. Click OK.
6. Select the manufacturer and printer model. (If necessary, click Have Disk and follow the instructions to install the printer driver.) Click Next.
7. Click Yes to keep the existing driver, if prompted. Click Next.
8. Type a printer name and (if desired) click this printer as
default. Click Next.
9. Choose whether to share this printer to other computers. If shared, type a share name to identify the printer to other users. Click Next.
10. If desired, enter a location and other information for this printer. Click Next.
11. Click Yes to print a test page, then click Next.
12. Click Finish to close the wizard.
If the printer is already installed: 1. Click Start, then click Printers and Faxes.
2. Right-click the printer icon, and click Properties.
3. Click the Ports tab and then click Add Port.
4. Click LPR Port from the Printer Ports dialog box, and click New Port.
5. In the dialog box labeled Name or address of server providinglpd , enter the IP address of the HP Jetdirect.
6. In the dialog box labeled Name of printer or print queue on that server, type the name of the print queue (in lower case) for the Jetdirect print server. For printing to multi-port HP Jetdirects, see the LPR queue name section below .
7. Click OK.
8. Click Close and then click OK to close the Properties box.
Verifying the configuration Print a file or document from an application in Windows. If the file prints correctly, the configuration was successful. If the print job is not successful, try printing directly from the command prompt using the following syntax: lpr -S -P filename
where: -S
is the IP address of the print server, -P
is the name raw or text, and filename
is the file to be printed (may need to include the full path). *****
What is clear is that LPR has to be set up with the IP address of the JetDrive, and the name of the JetDrive queue needs to be entered for TCP/IP's field for Printer name. What is less clear is how to make the
required LPD port -- "Add port" is clear, but I don't know where one gets the LPD port from to install.
I'd be equally happy with any other way to induce OS/2 (actually eCS v1.1) to print through the JetDrive to my Brother HL-1250 printer. H-P
Support suggested a different way, but it too is not easy to interpret
in terms of OS/2. Their Windows-oriented suggestion is as follows:
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Using a UNC path to reach the printer ("//192.168.1.5/<printername>) is
strictly a windows file and print sharing function. The JetDirect does
not have
the ability to host the printer in such a way. In order to print to the
JetDirect, you install a local driver on a workstation then create a standard
TCP/IP port for the print object. In other words you do not print through a
share, you print directly to the IP address of the JetDirect. For UNC path
access to a printer, you do not require a JetDirect. You can however install a
driver locally on a machine to print to the IP address of the JetDirect then
share it on the network, at which point it will be reachable via UNC path.
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Can OS/2-sense be made from that?

I don't recall what was involved in making the SLPR port active in the first place, but here's what I have for the settings:

LPD server 192.168.1.254
LPD printer LPT1
Port name SLPR1
Print timeout 45 seconds
"High Performance" is selected

The server IP address is whatever you set it to: it can be addressed from your browser. There must be a default setting, but I don't recall what the default is: the information must be online somewhere or in the manual for the server.

Perce
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