Printer
Configuration
JetDirect print server configuration
- Telnet into the JetDirect print server on port 23
(Telnet's default port) and configure:
- IP address
- host name - the same name you give the printer
in the printer driver configuration
- subnet mask
- password
- disable banners
- disable unrequired network protocols (Novell,
ethertalk, DLC/LLC)
Installing
the printer driver
You
can
install the printer driver first (don't
know if this is a better way of installing the driver though, compared
with pointing to it from within the connecting to the printer dialog).
Use either Start -> Settings -> Printers -> Add Printer or run
the executable setup program from where the printer driver is located.
With
Epson printers, the Epson Status Monitor software may not be required
if you're printing through a networked printer, and may be troublesome
anyway, in which case it can be removed from the All Users/Start
Menu/Programs/Startup directory
Print server configuration
Set
permissions so that users don't have permission to change the printer
configuration, so that they can't change the settings that are then
changed for everyone else
Connecting to the printer (and installing the printer driver)
printing direct
- to print direct to a networked printer (RAW /
port 9100; LPR is for printing through a Unix print server or to a
printer that has its own spooling), choose 'local printer' (don't auto
detect) -> create a new port -> Standard TCP/IP Port ->
Printer
name or IP Address: (use the printer server's
IP
address and not its name - the JetDirect print server type will be auto detected)
- give it a name and label the printer with it
- pick driver (is
it worth using a PostScript driver?) - use the latest driver
downloaded from the manufacturer
printing
through a print server
Navigate
to the computer acting as print server then to its printer, right-click
and choose 'connect'
Printer
Driver Configuration
- as Administrator, set per-machine printing
preferences:
- HP LaserJet
4,5,6 PCL5e driver (version 2.0.12.2) (our currently recommended
driver for these printers) - these options are specific to the
JetDirect print server
- helpful documentation
- General -> Location - i.e. xxxxxx office
- General -> comment - i.e. use the right
paper when printing duplex
- lower print quality to save ink
- General -> Printing Preferences ->
Paper/Quality -> Print Quality -> 300dpi
- Advanced -> Printing Defaults -> Paper/Quality
-> Print Quality - 300dpi
- describe extras your printer may have
installed
- Device settings -> Installable options
-> printer memory - ?MB (check the specification of the particular
printer)
- Device settings -> Installable options
->Duplex Unit (for 2-Sided Printing) - Installed (if you have one)
- set to duplex print, if you have a duplexer
installed
- General -> Printing Preferences ->
Layout -> Print on Both Sides (Duplex) -> Flip on Long Edge
- Advanced -> Printing Defaults -> Layout -> Print on Both Sides (Duplex) -> Flip on Long
Edge
- relax security so that everyone can manage
printing
- Security -> choose local machine (you
may have to cancel a dialog requesting username and password for it to
show you the machines) -> Everyone(?) -> Manage Printers - Allow
- Security -> choose local machine(?)
-> Everyone(?) -> Manage Documents - Allow
- HP LaserJet 4+
PCL5E driver (version 4.3.2.500 build 1264 CRel. 1264) options (though its
preferable to use the above more general dirver)
- General -> Printing Preferences ->
Finishing -> Print Quality -> 300dpi
- General -> Advanced -> Printing
Defaults -> Print Quality -> 300dpi
- Configure -> Paper Handling Options ->
Duplexing unit - enable
- Configure
->Driver Work Space -> [] ?
- Fonts -> Configure?
- General -> Security -> choose local
machine(?) -> Everyone(?) -> Manage Printers -Allow (doesn't need to be propogated down does
it?
- General -> Security -> choose local
machine(?) -> Everyone(?) -> Manage Documents -Allow (doesn't need to be propogated down does
it?