ThinPrint® Settings
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Table 5: Printer Parameters
5.4
How to define Timeouts
You can use timeouts to control how errors are handled before and
during a print job.
Printer open timeout
The ’Printer open timeout’ parameter specifies the period of time (in
seconds) after which a connection attempt to the printer should be
aborted. It is advisable to abort a connection attempt if the printer
is not physically available for the TPG and the ThinPrint® port is
freed up for subsequent print jobs, for example.
Job send timeout
The ’Job send timeout’ parameter specifies the period of time (in
seconds) after which a current print job should be aborted. It is
Parameters
Description
ID
A printer is identified by its printer ID.
Printer
The printer name is a description and is used to distinguish the
printers.
The printer can only use the .print AutoConnect feature if a
printer name was defined.
Class
Printers with compatible drivers can be arranged in one class.
You can also define a printer class if you want to use the .print
AutoConnect feature.
Driver
Printer driver for the embedded printers.
Remote address
IP address or host name of the printer.
A host name can only be used if DNS was configured
beforehand.
Port
Port number for the socket connection (default = 9100)
Is used when selecting ’Socket’as transfer method.
LPD Queue
LPD Queue name (default = lp1)
Is used when selecting the LPD protocol as transfer method.
Status page printer
The symbol indicates which printer is used to print the status
page. (default = printer ID 1)
*This parameter can be defined via Configuration – General on
the TPG Homepage.