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Adding a second Lenovo LPR port
You do not need to re-run the install program to add a new Lenovo LPR port. Instead, go to the
Start
button,
select
Settings
, and open the
Printers
window. Click the icon of the printer that you wish to configure, select
File
from the menu bar, and then
Properties
. Click the
Ports
tab and then the
Add Port
button. In the
Printer
Ports
dialog, highlight
Lenovo LPR Port
. Click the
New Port
button and enter the port name. The default
port name is BLP1. If you have already used this name, you will get an error message if you try to use it again,
in which case use BLP2, etc... Once you have specified the port name, click
OK
. You will then see the
Port
Settings
dialog.
Enter the IP address of the printer that you wish to print to and click
OK
. And then click
Close
in the
Printer
Ports
dialog. You should now see the port that you have just created in the
Print to the following port(s)
setting of the printer driver.
For Windows
®
95/98/Me users
Windows
®
95/98/Me users can send print job using Lenovo Peer-to-Peer Print software provided by the
CD-ROM which we have supplied with the printer.
Installing the Lenovo Peer-to-Peer software
Note
If you already installed the driver from the printer’s CD-ROM Installer and you selected “Lenovo Peer-to-Peer
Network Printer” during the installation then you do not need to install the Lenovo Network Print Software
again.
1
Start the CD-ROM installation menu program according to the Quick Setup Guide.
2
Select
Install Software
.
3
Select the
Network Print Software
installation program.
4
Click
Next
in response to the Welcome message. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5
Select the
Lenovo Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR)
button.
6
Select the desired directory to install the
Lenovo Peer-to-Peer Print (LPR)
files and push
Next
. The
installation program will create the directory for you if it does not already exist on your disk.
7
Enter the
Port name
that you wish to use and click
OK
. The default port name is BLP1. Whichever name
you choose, it must be unique and it MUST begin with BLP.
