While not required, you may also wish to specify which print events to monitor and log. You must specify who can access the printer.
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You may need to install drivers from your Windows NT CD-ROM, or from those of other systems. Click each platform that you want to include. You can replace the share name with a more meaningful name.įrom the Alternative Drivers list, select all the Windows platforms that may send print jobs to the printer.įor example, if some users use an Alpha machine running Windows NT 4.0, select Windows NT 4.0 Alpha.
Windows NT automatically populates the share name with an eight-character queue name. You must specify a share name for the printer, and specify which printer drivers must be loaded on the Windows NT system to service the print requests from various clients. This ensures that the whole document has been spooled before printing starts.
Select the option Start Printing After Last Page Is Spooled. Keep the option Spool Print Document selected. Select the From option and type the start and end times. You can overcome this by specifying when the printer is available.
When sharing a local printer, you may find that applications run sluggishly while documents are spooled and printed. You can set all configuration options in this dialog box. The printer's Properties dialog box opens. Right-click the icon of the printer you want to share and then click Properties on the pop-up menu. To Configure a Local NT Printer as a Shared Network PrinterĬlick the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Printers. This starts the LPDSVC service on the Windows NT computer.Ĭlick Close and reboot the system when prompted. Select TCP/IP Print Server from the list of Services and then click Startup. Start the TCP/IP Print Server in the Services environment.Ĭlick the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. To service print jobs from UNIX print clients, the Windows NT print server must be running the LPDSVC service. You may need to have the Windows NT CD-ROM available and those of the other platforms. Windows NT Workstation 4.0 supports computers running Windows 95 as well as Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC systems running Windows NT. You will need to prepare a list of the operating systems, version numbers, and CPU platforms of the print clients that will access the NT print server. Your printer may be shared with users from different platforms. For instructions, see "To Add the TCP/IP Print Server Service". If the printer will be servicing print jobs coming from UNIX print clients, you will have to add the TCP/IP Print Server service to the system's Services environment. See "To Configure a Local NT Printer as a Shared Network Printer". Use the printer's Properties dialog box to configure the settings for the shared printer.
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You be logged in as Administrator or as an NT Power User with Full Control access rights to configure a shared printer. The procedures provided in this section assume that you have already mounted the printer locally. For full details, refer to the Microsoft documentation for Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server. This section provides basic procedures for sharing local printers. Instead, you share local printers using the printer sharing option available in the Add Printer Wizard on Windows NT.
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The Solstice Network Client software on Windows NT does not provide an LPD Print Server utility. On Windows 95, a Solstice Network Client can act as a print server by using the LPD Print Server utility.