Administrator Guide

9. Select Enable LPD service for the printer.
10. Set up Windows servers.
Setting up Windows servers
To configure setting the Windows servers
1. Navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and ensure the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service is installed. If it is
not, install it using the Microsoft installation instructions.
2. Add the thin client as the LPD printer by completing the following:
a. Navigate to Control Panel > Printers > Add Printers > Local Printer > Create a new port and select LPR PORT.
NOTE: If you do not see LPR Port, ensure that the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service is installed correctly.
b. Type the thin client IP address or DNS name in the Name or address of host providing LPD box.
c. Type the printer name assigned in the Name of printer on that machine box.
d. Click OK, and then click NEXT.
3. After you have selected the printer, you can perform your normal printer setup for the application server. For example, select the
manufacturer printer type and printer name.
Using INI parameters for configuring LPD services
Configuring LPD printing using ThinOS INI parameters is simple and an easy way to configure a ThinOS thin client to be a basic network
print server, to share local printers with other thin clients.
Your INI parameters will look something like the following:
Printer=LPT1 \
Name="HP LaserJet 4000" \
PrinterID="HP LaserJet 4000 Series PCL" \
Enabled=yes \
EnableLPD=yes
NOTE:
The PrinterID is the exact text of the Windows printer driver name, so if a printer driver is named HP LaserJet
4000 Series PCL in Windows, then it must be exactly the same in the PrinterID field in the INI parameters including
capitalizations and spaces.
Configuring ThinPrint
No ThinPrint specific configuration is available on the thin clients. Thus to be able to use ThinPrint, users must first set up their printers
according to the user documentation, and then configure ThinPrint on the thin client using the Printer Setup dialog box.
To configure the ThinPrint, use the following guidelines:
• Use the Printer Identification field to enter a printer class (you can change the printer name as needed).
• Printer IDs are assigned (depending on the physical port) as follows:
• COM1 = 1
• COM2 = 2
• LPT1 = 3 — USB printers are detected automatically on LPT1
• LPT2 = 4
• LPD0 = 5– The LPD Queue name is transmitted as the printer name; the Printer Identification as class
• LPD1 = 6 — The LPD Queue name is transmitted as the printer name; the Printer Identification as class
• LPD2 = 7 — The LPD Queue name is transmitted as the printer name; the Printer Identification as class
• LPD3 = 8 — The LPD Queue name is transmitted as the printer name; the Printer Identification as class
• SMB1 = 9 — In the form \\host\printershare
• SMB2 = 10
• SMB3 = 11
• SMB4 = 12
To install the relevant ThinPrint product on the server use the following guidelines:
• Printer Objects Created Manually by the Administrator — After you install.print Engine, create a printer object on the server to
use the native driver and ThinPort as a printer port. You can use any protocol (TCP, RDP or ICA) because ThinOS has.print clients for
Examples of common printing configurations
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