Adding a shared "Print Roaming" printer to print via an LPR port from a Windows Server 2012

LPR is a network protocol for submitting print jobs to a remote printer (the YSoft SafeQ server in this case). This page explains how to configure a printer in Windows 2012 to use LPR for printing.

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Open the Devices and Printers wizard and select Add a printer.
 

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Select The printer that i want isn't listed

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Select Add a local network printer as an administrator.

By selecting this you will reopen the Devices and Printers wizard as an administrator.

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Select The printer that i want isn't listed

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Select Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or hostname.

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For Device type, select TCP/IP Device
For Hostname or IP address, enter the address of the SafeQ CML server or SafeQ ORS server; then enter a name for the port.

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Select Custom and click on Settings. images/download/attachments/38931898/image2014-10-9_15_5_42.png

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The Hostname or IP address of the SafeQ CML server or SafeQ ORS server created should already be visible in Port Name and Printer Name or IP Adress

  • In the Protocol section, select LPR.

  • On the LPR Settings page, enter the name of the queue that will be used for the printer (for example secure when using print roaming).

  • If necessary, change other settings on the page to disable LPR Byte Counting and SNMP status.


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From the list of printer drivers, select the appropriate driver or select a driver from the disk. Please make sure that the selected driver is supported by all MFPs in the print roaming group.

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Enter a name for the new printer for exemple SafeQ_Print_Roaming

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To share the printer select Share this printer so that others on your network can find it and use it.

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To give access right to the group Everyone, follow the procedure below.

Open Devices and Printers, right-click selected device and select  Printer properties

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On the Security tab, make sure the group Everyone has the permission to Print.

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To add a x86 print driver go to the tab Sharing in order to add support for 32bit Windows OS.

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Then select the Location of the print driver

 

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Because the print driver has no direct access to any printer, it´s necessary to uncheck Bidirectional support to prevent a time-out caused by unsuccessful attempt for such communication. On the Ports tab, make sure Enable bidirectional support is left unchecked.

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Because the driver is in default configuration, it is necessary select all available extensions and options such as finishers, paper trays, staplers, booklets to meet the highest available hardware configuration.

 

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Send a test page to validate that the printer was installed correctly.

Go to the tab General and select Print Test Page.

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Enable Print Pooling and create another 4 LPR ports. Fore more information please refer to the following article Print pooling on MS Windows Server.