Re: Printing from Win-OS/2
- From: "Elmer Fudd" <bitbucket@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:45:41 GMT
Bill, Thank you for your thorough description (this is most likely something
that has come up a number of times...) I got it working using Jim's
suggestion just before I saw your post.
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:11:48 -0600, William L. Hartzell wrote:
:>Sir:
:>
:>Elmer Fudd wrote:
:>> Mark, I am sending OS/2 print jobs to /PIPE/LPD0 -- how do I configure
:>> Win-OS/2 to use this port?
:>>
:>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:11:49 -0600, Mark Klebanoff wrote:
:>>
:>> :>On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:30:32 UTC, "Elmer Fudd" <bitbucket@xxxxxxxxx>
:>> :>wrote:
:>> :>
:>> :>> Is it possible to print from a Win-OS/2 application to a networked printer
:>> :>> when I am running LPRPORTD (or whatever it is called) to point all OS/2
:>> :>> printing to the networked printer? If so, how should I configure printing in
:>> :>> Win-OS/2?
:>> :>>
:>> :>> TIA.
:>> :>
:>> :>Dear Elmer :-)
:>> :>
:>> :>Yes, I have such a setup. If you sent lprportd to monitor one of the
:>> :>lpt ports, you can print with WINOS/2 to that port.
:>> :>
:>>
:>>
:>>
:>I not had to do this, so... You need to create a printer object for
:>your network printer, the one that is attached to the pipe. If you
:>already have done this, then you need look to see what parallel port is
:>currently unassigned (OS/2 desktop-> Connections-> (any) printer->
:>properties-> output port: not cross hatched), like lpt4, and make an
:>entry in the WinOS2's Win.ini file like this:
:>LPT1:=
:>LPT2:=
:>LPT3:=
:>COM1:=9600,n,8,1,x
:>COM2:=9600,n,8,1,x
:>COM3:=9600,n,8,1,x
:>COM4:=9600,n,8,1,x
:>FILE:=
:>LPT1.OS2=
:>LPT2.OS2=
:>LPT3.OS2=
:>LPT4.OS2=
:>
:>The last line I just added. Next enter the WinOS/2 session and go into
:>Control Panel -> Printer-> (pick your printer)-> Connect-> (pick the
:>LPT4.OS2 port). Select Ok to save the entry and back out clicking Ok.
:>Close the WinOS2 session. Next open OS/2 Desktop-> Connection (I'm not
:>on my eCS system, so where ever they put the next folder if you are
:>using eCS)-> Printers-> (any printer object) properties-> Output port->
:>(select LPT4)-> redirection-> (pick the pipe you mentioned above).
:>Close the object windows to save. I picked LPT4 as my lower numbered
:>ports had something already assigned to them (you can have up to nine
:>lpt ports, but that requires you to add them to OS/2
:><http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/printer/addlpt.zip>).
:>
:>IF you have not installed your printer into WinOS2, then you need to do
:>that before doing the above. If your printer came with no Window 3.1
:>drivers (& they are getting hard to find), pick a printer that your
:>printer can emulate (called an allomorph) and install that printer's Win
:>3.1 driver. If on the other hand, your printer does not emulate any
:>printer that has a Windows 3.1 driver, then install an ANSII compatible
:>printer like IBM Proprinter into both OS/2 and Winos2. You'll need to
:>change the spool format to PM_Q_RAW (OS/2 desktop-> Connections->
:>Printer-> IBM Proprinter-> properties-> print driver-> properties->
:>Print Spool Type-> PM_Q_RAW). You will lose most pretty formatting &
:>all graphics, but it will print. You can select to print the raw text
:>to file (OS/2 desktop-> Connections-> Printer-> IBM Proprinter->
:>properties-> output port-> check box 'Print to file') and import it, the
:>file, to an OS/2 application to add the pretty formatting and graphics.
:>--
:>Bill
:>Thanks a Million!
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