User`s manual

Section 3: Printing from Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP User’s Manual

Adding Printers in Windows NT 4 Using the Microsoft LPR Monitor

If you have not already done so, you should perform the TCP/IP basic

setup procedures prior to installing a printer for LPR printing.

Preparing for

LPR Printing

In the Control Panel, double-click the Network icon. Select the

Services tab. If the TCP/IP Printing entry appears, then TCP/IP is

already installed. Close the Network folder and go on to Installing an

LPR printer, below.

First, prepare for LPR printing:

1. Open the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon.

2. Select Protocols.

3. Add TCP\IP Protocol.

4. Select Services.

5. Add Microsoft TCP\IP Printing.

Installing an LPR

Printer

1. Go to Start | Settings | Printers | Add Printer. Select My

Computer (for peer-to-peer printing) and click Next.

2. From the Available Ports list, choose the appropriate printer port,

which will appear as the host name or IP address of the print server.

3. If the host name or IP address of the print server you wish to use

does not

appear in the list, click Add Port.

4. Choose LPR Port from Available Printer Ports and click New Port.

5. Type the print server’s name or IP address in the field Name or

address of server providing lpr (Example: 10.13.6.198).

Then enter which port to use in the field Name of printer or print

queue on that server: LPT1

Click OK and then Close.

6. The added print server will now appear in the Available Ports list.