User's Manual

Problem No. 7 My old printer cannot print or prints garbage.
Solution No. 7 If the printer you used is an old model with low speed, the following
steps may solve this problem:
Try the following:
• Open the BiAdmin Utility.
• Click the Printer Status icon.
• Change the Printer Type setting to Low Speed or set the Handshake
Signal setting to Ack & Busy.
Problem No. 8 How Do I Print to the Wireless Print Server's printer from a MS-
DOS program.
Solution No. 8 You need to set the MS-DOS program to use LPT1 (parallel port 1) then
"Capture" the output and re-direct it to the Wireless Print Server.
Windows 98/ME
1. Select Start - Settings - Printers to open the Printers folder.
2. Right-click the Wireless Print Server's Printer, and select Properties
3. On the Details tab, click the Capture button to see the Capture
Printer Port button, shown below.
4. On this dialog:
• Select the Device, normally LPT1 (parallel port 1).
• Enter or select the Path to the printer:
\\printer_name\P1
Where printer_name is the actual name of your printer.
e.g.
\\SC3000014\P1
• Check the Reconnect at logon checkbox. If this is not done, the
capture setting will be lost when Windows is restarted.
Windows 2000/ME
1. Login as Administrator.
2. Open the command prompt window.
3. Enter the following command:
net use lpt1 \\printer_name\P1 /persistent:yes
Where printer_name is the actual name of your printer.
e.g.
net use lpt1 \\SC3000014\P1 /persistent:yes
To terminate this capture, use the following command at the command
prompt:
net use lpt1 /delete
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