Gestetner 1502 - Setting up IPX Peer-To-Peer Printing

5.1 Windows IPX Peer-to-Peer Printing
Windows Peer-to-Peer Printing
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Once the redirector is installed, each printer on the network that supports this peer-to-peer
capability appears as a port under Printer Properties.
5.1.3 Setting Up IPX Peer-to-Peer Printing
IPX Peer-to-Peer printing allows you to print to a network printer for networks without a
file server or for networks where you do not want to use the server for printing. Use peer-
to-peer printing on Windows 95/98/Me systems.
To set up IPX Peer-to-Peer printing, choose
Start
->
IPX-P2P
->
IPX-P2P
. The IPX
peer-to-peer printing setup screen appears. The following table describes the fields and
buttons in the screen.
Field or Button Description
Available
Printers
The list of printers detected on the network. To clear this list,
click
Clear
. To update the list, click
Find Printers
.
•
Unit Name
— The Print Server Name defined in the printer.
The default name is the Network Interface Board serial
number (six digits with a three-letter prefix).
•
Description
— Typically, the manufacturer’s name and the
printer's model number.
•
Flags
— Selected (S) or Permanent (P)
Any printers flagged with S appear in the Windows Port List.
When you are adding or changing a printer, only selected
printers are listed. Only 30 printers can be selected at one time.
Any printer flagged with P remains in the Available Printers list
even if the printer is physically removed from the network or if
you click
Clear
.
OK Accepts changes made to setup and exits the program.
Cancel Discards any changes made to setup and exits the program.
Clear Clears the Available Printers list. This does not clear any printer
marked with the Permanent flag (P).