Adding Printers in OS/282 AXIS 5500 / AXIS 5550 User’s ManualSection 8 Adding Printers in OS/2This section describes how to set up your print server for printing in theOS/2 environment.Continue with the instructions presented in the table below:TCP/IP PrintingHaving assigned an IP address to the print server, you are now ready toinstall it for TCP/IP printing in the OS/2 environment. The print serversupports LPR Printing using the lprportd service method.Installing theAxis Network PrintServerFollow the instructions below to install the print server using the lprportdservice method:1. Open the OS/2 System window, select TCP/IP and TCP/IP Configuration.2. Select Printing, type a number, e.g. 1, in the Maximum number of LPD portsfield. The Remote print server and Remote print server's printer fields shouldremain empty.3. Select Autostart, select lprportd, click the Autostart check box and selectDetached.4. Exit and Save.5. Restart your OS/2 client.Creating aprint queueContinue with the instructions below to create a print queue:1. Open the Template group. Create an new printer from Templates bydragging the Printer icon to the desktop with the right mouse button.2. Select a printer driver and double-click a free Output port, for instance\PIPE\LPD0.3. Enter the host name or the IP address of the print server in the LPD serverfield.4. Enter one of the print server’s logical printer names, for example pr1, in theLPD printer field.NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2AXIS Print Utility for OS/2 is the tool to use for NetBIOS/NetBEUIprinting in OS/2 environments. This tool can be fetched fromProtocol See ...TCP/IP “TCP/IP Printing” on page 82NetBIOS/NetBEUI “NetBIOS/NetBEUI Printing in OS/2” on page 82
