Can I print over TCP/IP from windows 98? 3

[jay9333]

I know that in windows xp, to print to a printer on the network you just click on "add printer" in the printers/faxes area of the control panel, select "local printer", and select "create TCP/IP port".

How can one print over TCP/IP from Windows 98? I have a few Win98 boxes I'd like to set up to print to various HP LaserJet 4MP printers around my building... but I can't figure out if its possible. It'd be sort of a pain to have to share them all through my XP box.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[wolluf]

On XP you don't generally select create TCP/IP port - you generally use the browse option to find a network printer - which is also what you do on 98 (If its a network printer - ie connected directly to the network - you may have to create a port of some kind on the server (ie, machine administering the printer) when setting it up to make it available over the network). You don't say how printers are connected to network (eg, do they have their own network connection/ip address or are they connected to other machines - which would mean they need sharing on the local machine to be available on the network.

you also don't say if workgroup or domain (though I don't think that matters - network computers generally adminstered by the server, but can be any machine on a domain, just any designated machine on workgroup)

 

[johnodq]

If you go to the HP site you will find a "CORPORATE" driver, this needs to be installed on the XP machine with the printer connected.

You then need to go into the printer settings and set the "Additional Drivers" options under "Sharing"

Once you have the corporate drivers installed, you should be able to go to the 98 machines and map the printer as usual, the driver will then be downloaded to the 98 machine from the XP print server.


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[jay9333]

Thanks wooluf and johnodq for your input. Actually, the printer I'm dealing with is connected directly to the network, i.e. no machine is administering the printer. We have a simple microsoft windows network (no domains) and have our printers plugged directly into the network (that is, the printers have network cards in them, I think they're called HP jet direct cards or something like that). All the printers have their own MAC and IP addresses. Sorry I didn't make that more clear.

In XP, as I mentioned, to print to such a printer on the network you just click on "add printer" in the printers/faxes area of the control panel, select "local printer", select "create new port" and then make it a "Standard TCP/IP port". Then you enter the IP address of the printer, install the driver, and whallah. I guess its like having a local printer over ethernet, and many boxes can use the same "local" printer.

There doesn't seem to be a way to do this with windows 98. It seems I'm going to have to install the win 98 driver on my xp box and share the printer from my XP box (which is essentially what it seems this 'corporate' driver john mentions will do for me). I'd rather not do that. I don't want the 98 box to have to depend on my xp box for printing. Is there anyway to print directly to a printer from windows 98 over TCP/IP?

thank you,

Jay9333

 

[ftechguy]

LPR software should do the trick. This page has the software and instructions that should help you get setup.
There is a link right at the top to download ACITS LPR, which seems to be the version used at most uni's all over the usa.

http://www.oit.pdx.edu/netadmin/windows/support/lpr/index.php?page_selector=1

For the host name, just enter the printer's IP and it should find it automatically. For the queue name, I believe you can use anything, as long as they are same for all PC's that will connect to the particular printer. I guess if win2k and XP machines will also be printing to the same printer, it will be best to get the queue names to be identical, but I never tried it. Test it with one win98 machine first and see how it works. Good luck!