GCC Technologies Elite 21 Series, User Manual

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Once the IPX-P2P software is installed, you can run the program to create the IPX
port for the printer, as follows:
• Make sure the printer is turned on and is showing “Ready” in its display window.
• Go to the Windows Start menu, then to Applications and down to “IPX-P2P.”
Select the IPX-P2P program within that folder.
• The IPX Setup window will appear. Click “Find Printers” to search for compatible
printers on the network.
• A list of compatible printers will appear. Click on the name of the printer you wish
to access via IPX from the list and click on “Select.” This will cause an IPX port for
the printer to be added to the list of available printer ports in Windows. Click on
“Permanent” if you wish for a particular printer to stay on the list permanently,
even if the listing is cleared using the “Clear” button.
• Click OK to exit the IPX-P2P program.
Once this procedure has been followed, the new TCP/IP port can be assigned to the
printer, as follows:
• If the printer driver has not yet been installed for the printer, install it according to
the instructions in Chapter 4 of this manual, “Using the Elite 21 with Windows
95/98 and Windows Me.”
• Click on the Start button. Select Settings and then Printers.
• Locate the icon for the Elite 21 printer that you have installed. Right-click on the
printer icon and select Properties.
• Click on the Details tab at the top of the Properties window. The Details window
should appear, including a list of available printer ports.
• The new port that was created for the printer should appear at the top of the list
of available ports. Click on this port to select it from the list, then click OK to
accept the new setting. This will allow the PC to send jobs to the printer over
IPX. Repeat this procedure on all PCs that are to use the printer over IPX.