HP 630n HP Jetdirect Print Servers - Administrator's Guide - Page 173

Print from Windows clients, LPD on Windows XP systems, Add Windows optional networking components

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Print from Windows clients If the LPD printer on the Windows server is shared, Windows clients can connect to the printer on the Windows server using the Windows Add Printer wizard in the Printers folder. LPD on Windows XP systems Use this section to configure Windows XP networks to use the HP Jetdirect LPD services. The process consists of two parts: ● Add Windows optional networking components on page 163 ● Configure a network LPD printer on page 163 Add Windows optional networking components 1. Click Start. 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Click Network and Internet Connections. 4. Click the Network Connections icon. 5. Select Advanced in the top menu bar. In the drop-down list, select Optional Networking Components. 6. Select Other Network File and Print Services and click Next. (If you select Details before selecting Next, you see Print Services for UNIX (R) as a component of Other Network File and Print Services.) The files being loaded are shown. 7. Close the Network Connections window. LPR port is now an option in the Properties of a printer under Ports, Add Port. Configure a network LPD printer Add a new LPD printer 1. Open the Printers folder (click Start, Printers and Faxes). 2. Click Add Printer. On the Add Printer wizard welcome screen, click Next. 3. Select Local printer, then uncheck the automatic detection for Plug and Play printer installation. Click Next. 4. Select Create a new port, and then select LPR Port from the pull-down menu. Click Next. ENWW LPD on Windows XP systems 163

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Print from Windows clients
If the LPD printer on the Windows server is shared, Windows clients can connect to the printer on the
Windows server using the Windows
Add Printer
wizard in the
Printers
folder.
LPD on Windows XP systems
Use this section to configure Windows XP networks to use the HP Jetdirect LPD services.
The process consists of two parts:
Add Windows optional networking components
on page
163
Configure a network LPD printer
on page
163
Add Windows optional networking components
1.
Click
Start
.
2.
Click
Control Panel
.
3.
Click
Network and Internet Connections
.
4.
Click the
Network Connections
icon.
5.
Select
Advanced
in the top menu bar. In the drop-down list, select
Optional Networking
Components
.
6.
Select
Other Network File and Print Services
and click
Next
. (If you select
Details
before
selecting
Next
, you see
Print Services for UNIX (R)
as a component of
Other Network File and
Print Services
.) The files being loaded are shown.
7.
Close the
Network Connections
window.
LPR port
is now an option in the
Properties
of a printer
under
Ports
,
Add Port
.
Configure a network LPD printer
Add a new LPD printer
1.
Open the
Printers
folder (click
Start
,
Printers and Faxes
).
2.
Click
Add Printer
. On the
Add Printer
wizard welcome screen, click
Next
.
3.
Select
Local printer
, then
uncheck
the automatic detection for Plug and Play printer installation.
Click
Next
.
4.
Select
Create a new port
, and then select
LPR Port
from the pull-down menu. Click
Next
.
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LPD on Windows XP systems
163