Phil Astley wrote:
> I've just had the worst month ever 
> In the tcpip config program there are three fields under printing. I 
> assume I put one brother printer network ip address in there. The name 
> of the printer under netbios was binary_p1 (although since I'm using 
> postscript I wondered about experimenting with one called postscript_p1).
> 
> The third field is number of LPD connections. Since I have two brother 
> printers with network devices, I thought I'd try 2 - but I got the 
> impression that maybe LPD refers to using the local PC as a print server 
> - which I'm not doing.

I have an HP1320 LaserJet attached to an SMC network print server (which 
cost all of $60)
IIRC I set up the printer using the graphical widget from the desktop, 
but the Printing page in TCPIP configuration ends up with slightlly 
different information.

Remote Print Server:   the IP address of the machine:  192.168.1.11

(I suspect that a hostname which is properly listed in the Host 
Names/Host tab would also work)

Remote Print Server's Printer:  the name of the queue for printing: 
/printer/queue1

(No I have no idea how/where/why I cam eup with that entry...)

Maximum number of LPD Ports.  I have '8'. I presume this is for 
multiported print server gadgets....

If I go in through the desktop icon widget and open 'NetPrinter' > 
Properties > Output Port > \PIPE\LPD0 > Properties, the first 2 lines 
are the 'Print Destination' fields in the top left of the Settings 
screen, called LPD Server and LPD printer. There is no entry on that 
screen for the max number,

The reason for using the Pipe Settings page is that it allows you to set 
'Display Ports settings on printe' ON... Then when you try a print job, 
it shows you the settings page.. very useful for debugging.


I note that the same print server is described as 
\\192.168.1.11\sced4c97 when printing under Fedora Core 5. That last 
name is the default name for the unit, as discovered from accessing the 
print server through html. You may wish to try that to see if your 
gadget is young enough to reply that way!.

Geoff



 
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