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Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Introduction
2.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
2.1.
Introduction
The following protocols are supported
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“Standard TCP/IP Port” = Raw Socket (Port 9100,
Reverse Telnet) using the native Port 9100 protocol.
See
•
LPR using either the native LPR or Intermate LPR Print
Port. See
.
Note that the LPR port is best suited to servers that need to
communicate with host computers such as UNIX or VAX
machines by way of RFC 1179. For computers that need to
submit print jobs to host computers, the standard TCP/IP
port should be used in most cases.
A network-connected printer must have a card that
supports LPD for TCP/IP printing to work properly.
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Internet Print Protocol. See
What is a
“printer”
In Windows, the definition of a “printer” consists of three ele-
ments:
a
a physical printer from a specific printer
manufacturer and of a specific type or model,
with a specific IP address
b
a specific driver to be used (this driver may or
may not be from the same manufacturer)
c
the port name to be used (port names are often
in themselves composed of two parts, for
example an IP address and a port).
Once defined, printers appear on the “Settings > Printer” func-
tion and they are presented on the list of printers you can
choose from whenever you use a Windows application on your
PC/ work station.