How do I create a queue to a Network Printer?

John Savill

March 4, 1999

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A. If you have a printer that has its own network card and IP address, you can create a queue to the device by following the instructions below

  1. Login as a member of the Administrators Group

  2. Start Control Panel (Start - Settings - Control Panel)

  3. Double Click Network, and select the Services tab

  4. Click Add, and select "Microsoft TCP/IP printing"

  5. Click OK and then Close

  6. Click "Yes" to the reboot

  7. After the machine has booted up Double Click "My Computer" (or what you have named it to, you have renamed it!)

  8. Double click Printers, and select Add Printer

  9. Select the Printer is a local printer, and then continue

  10. Click Add Port, and select "LPR port"

  11. Click New Port and fill in the IP address of the printer in the top box, and a name in the bottom box

  12. Click OK, and ignore the error about not being able to communicate

  13. Click Next and then select the printer driver

  14. Click Next and select if you want to share it, and then click Finish

  15. Print and be happy

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