HP RIP Software - HP RIP Software User Guide

1-14 Installation
Step 7: Add Ports and
Hot Folders
Before you can print to any device connected to the RIP, you must add
one or more virtual ports or Hot Folders to the RIP interface.
• A port is an entry point to the RIP, visible on the workstation and
network. You will print to this named port from application software,
as you would to a local printer connected to your workstation or
another network printer.
• A Hot Folder is a folder on a local hard drive of the computer run-
ning the RIP that is monitored for files to be printed. Files in sup-
ported formats that are copied to this location are automatically
moved to the RIP. (The Hot Folder must be shared in Windows to
accept files from client workstations. See the following procedure.)
After adding ports, you can add a printer to the client workstation inter-
face (see “Step 8: Add a Printer to the Client Workstation” on page
1-16).
To add ports or Hot Folders:
1. Open the Ports home page by clicking on Ports in the tree pane, a
port type in the tree pane, or on the Ports button on the status bar.
2. On the Ports home page, click the Add Port button for a network
protocol or a Hot Folder.
If you are adding a port, select a network protocol supported by
your local area network.
A dialog box appears prompting you to enter an identifier the port
or Hot Folder.
Note A default port is automatically added when you add a
printer to the RIP. The default port name, which you can
change at any time, is the MAC address (network hard-
ware address) of the printer.
3. Enter the port identifier or Hot Folder location, and click OK.
• Hot Folder — enter a name for the Hot Folder, which must be a
valid folder name under Windows. A Hot Folder works with any
network configuration that can access Windows shared folders.
This creates a new folder on the RIP at:
C:\Program Files\kodiak\HotFolders\[hotfolder]
where [hotfolder] is the name you specified in step 3.