Windows Configuration 5-5
5.
Select your driver and click on Next.
An entry for your Windows LPR Spooler’s printer should now be displayed in the
"Available ports" listing. For example, C:\SPOOL\PRINTER_NAME.
To set this printer as shared so that it may be accessed by other Windows clients, see
the following section.
5.3.3 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Shared Access Printing
For clarity in describing the process of printer sharing, the term “host” is used to refer
to a Windows machine that has defined a network printer and enabled sharing of that
printer. The term “client” is used to refer to a Windows machine which accesses a
printer shared by a Windows “host”. Any Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows
95/98, or Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 machine may function as either a client or a host
(or both).
The Windows clients accessing a printer do not necessarily need to use the same
protocol that the Windows host uses to communicate with the printer. For example, a
printer connected to an LPR spooler via TCP/IP on a Windows 95 host, could be
accessed by a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 client using the standard Windows
Netbeui protocol; even when TCP/IP is not installed on the Windows for Workgroups
3.11 client. This capability to host a shared printer over a different protocol than that
used by the clients provides tremendous flexibility in Windows network printing
architecture.
5.4 Windows 95 and Windows 98
5.1 Windows Network Printing Capabilities Overview
5.4.1 Windows 95/98 NetWare Printing
Prior to printing from the Windows clients via NetWare, the 2000E must be
configured for NetWare printing. Please refer to Chapter 4 for instructions on NetWare
printing configuration of the 2000E.
Once NetWare printing is configured, Windows 95 clients can access the 2000E
NetWare print queue in a number of ways, such as by issuing a CAPTURE command
(often in the NetWare user login script) or through the Windows Explorer by right
clicking on the Printers folder and selecting Capture Printer Port, or through Start,
Settings, Printers, right clicking on the desired printer and selecting Properties, and
selecting Add Port on the Details tab.
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