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PrintraNet Internet Printing Configuration
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PrintraNet Internet Printing
Configuration
TROY 's PrintraNet product is a software driver for Windows
95/98/NT/2000 that allows a PC user at one location to send a print job to a
printer connected to a TROY print server at a remote location across the
Internet in a simple and transparent manner.
For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly
from his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Chicago. The
PC may be attached to a Local Area Network, or it may be connected via a
dial-up PPP link to an Internet Service Provider. Because of the low cost of
accessing the Internet, the PrintraNet software can save the user a
significant amount of money in toll charges, particularly when international
communications is involved.
A new PrintraNet feature allows a user at a remote site to send a text E-mail
message directly to a printer connected to a TROY print server at a remote
site. The E-mail will be automatically printed on the printer without the
need to run an E-mail program at the remote site.
There are two parts to the PrintraNet configuration, the configuration of the
local Windows 95/98/NT/2000 PC and the configuration of the remote
TROY print server.
Installing the Software on a Windows PC at the Local Site
You may configure the local Windows 95/98/NT/2000 PC to communicate
over a LAN using the MAPI or WINSOCK protocol, or to communicate
over a dial-up PPP connection to an Internet Service Provider.
To install the PrintraNet software on a Windows 95/98/NT/2000 PC,
execute the following steps:
1. Make sure that the PC is running an E-mail program (for example,
Microsoft Exchange) that is capable of sending E-mail messages using
