Print Server

Your NetWinder includes a printer-compatible parallel port connector, which accepts virtually all parallel printers.

Other computers on your network can then print to the NetWinder's printer using either the UNIX lpr protocol, Windows Network Neighborhood or Macintosh AppleTalk.

Workstations encode data for the printer using one of two techniques:

If you plan to only use Direct mode, you do not need to configure the NetWinder's print server; it will work automatically. If, however, you want to use PostScript mode, you will need to tell the NetWinder which kind of printer you have so that it can convert the data into the right format automatically. From the Services page, click the word Configure on the Print Server line. You'll see a page like this:

It has the following options:

NOTE: The resolution settings should be adequate for most printers. However, some older printers need unusual resolution settings. In that case, you should set Resolution to None and add something like -r144x144 to the Extra GS options.

Click the Save button when you have entered all the information. This will create a network print queue called postscript on your NetWinder. When you send PostScript data to that queue, it will be automatically converted to a format compatible with your printer.

Regardless of whether you enable PostScript mode, the network queue called direct will always be available to send data directly to your printer without any conversion.