Epson Stylus COLOR 850N User Manual - Page 111

Setting Up Piping to the Printer, Copying the Piping Software

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Using the Ethernet Card If several ports are redirected, RSTAT returns a message similar to the following: ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT1-Printer Busy ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT2-Printer Ready ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT3-Printer Ready Setting Up Piping to the Printer To set up piping, you first need to copy the piping software to your computer, then configure the printer and check its status. Copying the Piping Software Print a status sheet following the instructions on page 6-3 to obtain the card serial number. Then follow these steps to copy the piping software to your computer: 1. Insert the EPSON CD-ROM or diskette into your workstation's drive. 2. Open an OS/2 full command session. 3. Create a remote print service directory by typing MD C:\EPNET at the command line. 4. Open the OS/2 directory on the CD-ROM or diskette and go to the PIPES directory for your network protocol.  For TCP/IP, type CD TCPIP\PIPE and press Enter.  For NetBEUI, type CD NETBEUI\PIPE and press Enter. 6-9

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Using the Ethernet Card
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If several ports are redirected, RSTAT returns a message similar
to the following:
ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT1—Printer
Busy
ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT2—Printer
Ready
ITC Remote Print Servers active for LPT3—Printer
Ready
Setting Up Piping to the Printer
To set up piping, you first need to copy the piping software to
your computer, then configure the printer and check its status.
Copying the Piping Software
Print a status sheet following the instructions on page 6-3 to
obtain the card serial number. Then follow these steps to copy
the piping software to your computer:
1.
Insert the EPSON CD-ROM or diskette into your
workstation’s drive.
2.
Open an OS/2 full command session.
3.
Create a remote print service directory by typing
MD C:\EPNET
at the command line.
4.
Open the OS/2 directory on the CD-ROM or diskette and
go to the PIPES directory for your network protocol.
For TCP/IP, type
CD TCPIP\PIPE
and press
Enter
.
For NetBEUI, type
CD NETBEUI\PIPE
and press
Enter
.