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# TCP/IP Configuration Notebook Online Help

## Printing Tab

Use this tab to configure the following printing defaults:

- Your default remote print server (LPD) for LPR, LPQ, LPRM, and LPRMON commands

- The printer attached to your default remote print server for LPR, LPQ, LPRM, and LPRMON commands

- The maximum number of ports serviced by LPRPORTD for remote printing

The fields on this page are:

Remote Print Server

  Specify the host name of the default remote print server where you want your printer requests from LPR, LPQ, LPRM, and LPRMON commands sent.

  Network printers have a built-in print server. So if you are using a network printer rather than a remote print server, specify the network printer's host name in this field.

  This information is saved as the LPR_SERVER environment variable in your CONFIG.SYS file.

  If a DHCP client is running on this computer and you want the default remote print server to be determined by DHCP, leave this field blank.

Remote Print Server's Printer

  Specify the name of the printer queue on the default remote print server, or specify a device name such as LPT1 where you want your printer requests from LPR, LPQ, LPRM, and LPRMON commands to be sent. If you specify a device name, the LPD server determines the associated queue.

  For example, LPT1 is the name of an OS/2 printer and LP0 is the name of a UNIX printer.

  If you are using a network printer, specify the appropriate queue of the network printer in this field.

  This information is saved as the LPR_PRINTER environment variable in your CONFIG.SYS file.

  If a DHCP client is running on this computer and you want the default remote print server's printer to be determined by DHCP, leave this field blank.

Maximum Number of LPD Ports

  Specify a value from 2 to 64 for the maximum number of ports to be serviced by LPRPORTD. These ports are individually selected when creating a printer object for a remote printer.

  This value is entered into the system profile, OS2SYS.INI. This file is not user editable, and can be updated only by way of the TCP/IP Configuration Notebook.

The push buttons on this page are:

Undo
  Remove any changes made since you last accessed this page.

OK
  Close the TCP/IP Configuration Notebook and save all changes made since opening it.

Cancel
  Close the TCP/IP Configuration Notebook and discard any changes made since opening it.

Help
  Get help information for this notebook page.

How Do I?

For a step-by-step description of key tasks you can do from this page, go to:

- Configuring Printer Services

- Adding a Remote Print Server and Attached Printer

- Changing a Remote Print Server and Attached Printer

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