Re: Networking a printer through a router

pacgeo@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Before I start down the wrong path, could you advise me on a couple of
items.

1. What is the LPD server? Would that be the address of my router? I
assume when the help file describes this as the destination printer or
print server, the router would be considered the printe server?

2. What about the LPD printer. The help file says it is the name of the
actual printer. What name? the WPS name or do I have to create a share
name? The help file I downloaded from Ecom is slightly different than
the help file that comes with the driver I installed. It states that if
I am sending directly to a printer, then I can enter the name RAW in
this menu. However, I am sending through a router, so technically that
is not direct, by my interpretation. If the printer needs an IP address
instead of, or in addition to a name, what number does one assign, any
number?

Thanks.
Before I start down the wrong path, could you advise me on a couple of
items.

1. What is the LPD server? Would that be the address of my router? I
assume when the help file describes this as the destination printer or
print server, the router would be considered the printe server?

2. What about the LPD printer. The help file says it is the name of the
actual printer. What name? the WPS name or do I have to create a share
name? The help file I downloaded from Ecom is slightly different than
the help file that comes with the driver I installed. It states that if
I am sending directly to a printer, then I can enter the name RAW in
this menu. However, I am sending through a router, so technically that
is not direct, by my interpretation. If the printer needs an IP address
instead of, or in addition to a name, what number does one assign, any
number?

Thanks.

I have just done this, so here is what I did!

Download SLPR.EXE from the eCS website, dump into c:\slpr, run the file to extract some other files.

Go to the printer object (create one if you haven't already, ensure it works with the driver using the LPT port on the machine, then plug the printer into the network). Add a new output port, pointing to the directory with the files in. Then fill in the details. This will depend on the way your printer is connected, and will require you to know the IP address.

If the printer connects directly to the network via an internal card, or if the print server has only one port, put the IP address in the upper box and 'RAW' (w/o quotes) in the lower. If the print server has two or more ports, put in the name of the port.

And that is it! As I say, I did this about ten minutes ago and it is working fine across the network (the printer is installed on the server and shared from there as normal).

HTH,
Stuart
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