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Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:46:13 -0700
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Network-Connected Printers

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What flavor of OS/2 are you using?

I left out a step... Once you have defined a local printer, open the
Properties > Output Port tab. then click Install new port. SLPR should
be there, at least if you are using eCS. I can send you the files if you
need them.

Gary Granat wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Thanks for your response. Since the HP 2015dn has its own built-in network
> print server, that simplifies things a bit. And, according to the HP
> documentation I downloaded last night, the server has a web interface, so
> there should be minimal setup/configuration issues.
>
> In <48CC7A22.30708@gmail.com>, on 09/13/2008
> at 07:43 PM, Tom Brown said:
>
>> On the eCS side, I add a local printer with the driver appropriate driver,
>> then select Properties > Output Port, Install new port, SLPR. I then enter
>> the IP address of the print server in the LPD Server field and "LP1" in the
>> LPD Printer field. The port name should be SLPR1.
>
> I've done some investigation on my system, and I can't find anything that
> looks like SLPR. My current printer objects think they are talking to HP4000
> hardware (which is what I intend to drive the 2015dn as), so I followed your
> instructions and I don't have an SLPR option for setting up a new port. I
> presume I need to add a statement to my CONFIG.SYS, so if you can give me an
> idea of what the statement should be -- and, incidentally, where to look for
> the SLPR driver, I _should_ have what I need to make the conversion.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- gary
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Gary Granat
> ggranat@earthlink.net (Gary Granat)

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Tom Brown, Catherder
thomabrown at gmail dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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