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2 - 9 TCP/IP PRINTING

Open the LAN Services folder and execute the LAN Requester 
program:

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Select Definitions.

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Select Aliases.

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Select Printers.

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Select Create. Enter the following:

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Exit the LAN Requester program.

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You should now be able to print. To test the queue, type the 
following from either the OS/2 command prompt or from a DOS 
workstation:

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COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS \\servername\alias

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Where 

servername

 is the name of the file server and 

alias

 is 

the alias name that you specified during this configuration 
process. This should print the 

CONFIG.SYS

 file on the printer. 

Note that if you selected a binary service as the LPD printer 
name, the lines will be staggered; don't worry about this 
because normal DOS, Windows

®

, and OS/2 applications will 

print OK.

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The Brother print server will appear as a standard OS/2 printer 
to application programs. To make the print server operate 
transparently with DOS programs, execute the following 
command on each workstation:

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NET USE LPT1: \\servername\alias

Alias

Should be same as the printer name 
previously defined

Description

Anything you want

Server name

Name of OS/2 server

Spooler queue

Name of printer as defined previously

Maximum number of users

Leave blank unless you want to limit 
the number of users