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How to install Declaser 3500 as a TCP printer

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Recently obtained 2 of the above. Am trying to install as shared TCP printers on win2k network. No problem to setup as LPT printers. But want setup as TCP. Any ideas, I know is a legacy product, and have searched for hours for solutions.

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bradleymr2

The easiest way to set up legacy printers as TCP printers is to purchase a Network Print Server, such as a HP JetDirect print server. These devices have 2 plugs: one for the network and one for the printer (usually a standard printer port or a USB port). The print server is assigned an IP address (either statically by you or dynamically by your DHCP server). Other computers can then access that IP address to get talk to your printer.

Below is a link to a HP JetDirect printer server. There are many on the market (some cheaper, some more expensive) but this should get you started.

Good luck!
Ryan

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=191485

hdhondt

If the printer has a network port, it will almost certainly support LPR. To create an LPR port under XP, first create a Standard TCP/IP port (from the Ports Tab in printer properties). Type in the IP address of the printer (you may need to check the printer's manual to find out how to give it an address) and click OK. When the port has been created click on Configure Port. In the next window click on the LPR radio button and enter the name of the remote queue (see your manual again, although the link http://www.kph.uni-mainz.de/computing/hardware/printers/printcap implies that PORT1 may be a suitable queue name).

hdhondt

Sorry Joey, I misread your post about the OS, but my comments about WinXP work equally well under Win2k.

If your workstations run Win9x, there is no simple way to get them to talk direct to the printer - you will need to share the printer from a Win2k system.

The following link shows how to set the printer's IP address:

http://aa11.cjb.net/tru64_unix_managers/2000/12/0050.html

Note that ARP is available under 2k/XP as well as Unix - type ARP at a DOS prompt.

e_palmer

When using ARP from Windows:

- You can't add an entry to an empty table. Ping any good device to add it to the list, then proceed.

- The hardware address is delimited by dashes (-), not colons (:).

You can also set the printer as a Raw port using Standard TCP/IP Port (this is more robust than Microsofts implementation of LPR). The port number for the internal NIC is 10001.

e_palmer

When using ARP from Windows:

- You can't add an entry to an empty table. Ping any good device to add it to the list, then proceed.

- The hardware address is delimited by dashes (-), not colons (:).

You can also set the printer as a Raw port using Standard TCP/IP Port (this is more robust than Microsoft's implementation of LPR). The port number for the internal NIC is 10001.

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e_palmer

- Since this is a DEC printer, it should support raw. Printer definitions under OpenVMS uses socket printing.

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