OS
/2
Section 6: Setting Up - OS/2
AXIS 5600+ User’s Manual
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Creating
a Print Queue
(OS/2 version 2.x
and OS/2 Warp)
1. Double-click the
Templates
folder, then drag the
Printer
icon out
to the Workplace Shell (or into a folder) while holding the right
mouse button down.
2. Type a name of your choice in the Name field.
3. Select \PIPE\<name>.LP1, \PIPE\<name>.LP2 or
\PIPE\<name>.CM1 from the Port list, and select a printer driver
suitable for your printer from the Standard Printer list.
4. Click
OK
to confirm the printer definition.
Sharing the
Print Queue
A print queue must be made a shared resource before it can be
accessed from other clients or servers. The following three examples
show how you can share your printer resources:
Open an OS/2 window and issue the following command:
NET SHARE <queue_name> /PRINT
Where <queue_name> is the name of the queue created on the
previous side.
To share a printer resource when using OS/2 Warp with IBM Peer
service, follow the steps below:
1. Click the right mouse button on the printer object.
2. Select
Share
and then
Start sharing
. In the dialog box, enter a
Description.
3. Select the check-box
Start sharing at LAN workstation start-up
.
4. Click
OK
.
To share a printer resource when using LAN server 4.0, follow the
steps below:
1. Open
LAN Server Administration
.
2. Open your domain and then
Resource Definition
.
