Re: TCP/IP Printing to an IP address and Port

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 09:50:05 -0800, fcubbage@juno.com wrote:

>I'm not quite sure I follow this. Maybe you can clarify.
>
>On Sun, 22 Feb 98 20:28:35  "Matthias Oertli" <oertlim@s054.aone.net.au>
>writes:
>>I use the NetPort Express Pro with the 400 extensively and for me it's
>set and 
>>It can be set up via telnet or even with the web browser!
>>
>Using TELNET, are you referring to telling the device which IP its been
>assigned,
>of course, but is there more?  Is it somehow told about the three queues?
>And/Or are LPT1_PASSTHRU, ,,, COM1_PASSTHRU built-in key words that 
>the device understands as ports.
>I don't remember this feature in the Jet Direct.

Using telnet or your browser you can set IP/subnet, etc. The netport has three 
ports, two parallel ones, one serial. Those you can also set up via telnet 
(baud 
rate, etc.) Plus it gives you a status display to see if the printers are 
online etc.

>
>>Rather than specify the portnumber you can specify a queue name:
>>LPT1_PASSTHRU
>>LPT1_PASSTHRU  ........ I assume you mean LPT2 ,,,,,,,,,
>>COM1_PASSTHRU
>>
>>Prompt CRTOUTQ, specify your NetPort's internet address like this: 
>>RMTSYS(*INTNETADR) INTNETADR(999.999.999.999),
>>then specify the remote queue to use: RMTPRTQ('COM1_PASSTHRU')
>>That's it.
>>
>I knew you had to setup the queue relationship, its also done for
>JetDirect and I guess I knew you could create multiple queues for
>the same IP address.  Its the COM1_PASTHRU that confuses me,
>unless, as above, its a parameter or keyword that the NetPort
>recoginizes.
>If these questions seem stupid, its partially due to never seeing the
>NetPort documentation.

COM1_PASSTHRU are defined within the netport as it's printqueues.
Imagine a LPD server with 3 queues named LPT1_PASSTHRU, 
LPT2_PASSTHRU and COM1_PASSTHRU. Thats what the netport is doing.
As you put it, they are keywords the netport recognises.

In other words, you can connect up to three printers to the netport, define 
three 
OUTQ's on the 400, there's your bank of printers...

HTH,
Matthias

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Matthias Oertli, Sydney, Australia 

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