Al Dykes
June 6th 04, 04:13 PM
In article >,
Steve Winograd [MVP] > wrote:
>In article >, "Jim Wray"
> wrote:
>>I have a Xerox N17 network printer connected via its ethernet card to my
>>switch. I also have an NT4 and 3 Win98 machines connected to the switch.
>>Previously the printer was connected to one of the win98 machines via its
>>parallel port and was shared such that any machine could print to it. As a
>>learning exercise I wanted to connect the printer to the network via its
>>ethernet port rather than its parallel port.
>>
>>I was able to print to the N17 from the NT4 machine by adding TCPIP Print
>>services and then adding the printer via the add printer wizard. However,
>>when I try to add the printer to the Win98 machines I am not able to see the
>>printer when trying to add a network printer through the add printer wizard.
>>I am no doubt doing something wrong and probably haven't added the proper
>>protocol/service or whatever to the Win98 machines but file and printer
>>sharing as well as the TCPIP protocol is on the machines - is that all I
>>should need to see the printer when it is connected to the switch via
>>ethernet?
>>
>>Where can I go to find out what I need to do to add a TCPIP connected
>>printer to a win98 machine?
>>
>>Or, am I completely out in left field by wanting to connect the printer to
>>the
>> switch and have the NT4 and Win98 machines talk directly to it via it's
>>TCPIP connection.
>>
>>thanks for any help anyone might be able to provide.
>
>To the best of my knowledge, Win98 doesn't have support for connecting
>directly to a TCP/IP printer like NT4 does. There might be software
>available from Xerox (perhaps the printer driver program or a utility
>program) to create a port on Win98 that connects to the networked
>printer. This site might point you in the right direction:
>
>http://www.office.xerox.com/cgi-bin/DriverD.pl
>
I've had good luck sharing a LAN-connected printer via the LPR print
protocol in a w/98-NT-w2k-XP-Unix environemnt. (This is one of the
choices on every business-grade printer I've ever seen. A printer can
listen for LPR and other protocol simultaneously .)
LPR client was an option on NT and w2k machines. It's built-in on XP.
For w/98 we had to install HP Jetadmin software. It was free. You
might be able to find it on the HP support site, or ask you printer
vendor for an equivalant.
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Al Dykes
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adykes at p a n i x . c o m
Steve Winograd [MVP] > wrote:
>In article >, "Jim Wray"
> wrote:
>>I have a Xerox N17 network printer connected via its ethernet card to my
>>switch. I also have an NT4 and 3 Win98 machines connected to the switch.
>>Previously the printer was connected to one of the win98 machines via its
>>parallel port and was shared such that any machine could print to it. As a
>>learning exercise I wanted to connect the printer to the network via its
>>ethernet port rather than its parallel port.
>>
>>I was able to print to the N17 from the NT4 machine by adding TCPIP Print
>>services and then adding the printer via the add printer wizard. However,
>>when I try to add the printer to the Win98 machines I am not able to see the
>>printer when trying to add a network printer through the add printer wizard.
>>I am no doubt doing something wrong and probably haven't added the proper
>>protocol/service or whatever to the Win98 machines but file and printer
>>sharing as well as the TCPIP protocol is on the machines - is that all I
>>should need to see the printer when it is connected to the switch via
>>ethernet?
>>
>>Where can I go to find out what I need to do to add a TCPIP connected
>>printer to a win98 machine?
>>
>>Or, am I completely out in left field by wanting to connect the printer to
>>the
>> switch and have the NT4 and Win98 machines talk directly to it via it's
>>TCPIP connection.
>>
>>thanks for any help anyone might be able to provide.
>
>To the best of my knowledge, Win98 doesn't have support for connecting
>directly to a TCP/IP printer like NT4 does. There might be software
>available from Xerox (perhaps the printer driver program or a utility
>program) to create a port on Win98 that connects to the networked
>printer. This site might point you in the right direction:
>
>http://www.office.xerox.com/cgi-bin/DriverD.pl
>
I've had good luck sharing a LAN-connected printer via the LPR print
protocol in a w/98-NT-w2k-XP-Unix environemnt. (This is one of the
choices on every business-grade printer I've ever seen. A printer can
listen for LPR and other protocol simultaneously .)
LPR client was an option on NT and w2k machines. It's built-in on XP.
For w/98 we had to install HP Jetadmin software. It was free. You
might be able to find it on the HP support site, or ask you printer
vendor for an equivalant.
--
Al Dykes
-----------
adykes at p a n i x . c o m