XPost: comp.os.ms-windows, comp.os.ms-windows.setup, comp.windows   
   XPost: comp.windows.misc, alt.os.windows-xp, alt.windows98   
   From: lreynolds@frontier.eas.asu.edu   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
   > I have a network print server and I want my Windows 98 machine to   
   > print to this directly.   
   >   
   > Under Windows XP, I can do this.   
   >   
   > Under Windows XP, the following settings are showing for the printer:   
   >   
   > Port: PS1   
   > Description: Standard TCP/IP Port   
   > Printer: HP Laserjet 4   
   >   
   > Protocol: RAW   
   > Port Number: 9100   
   >   
   > I do not appear to have the facility to print to a standard TCP/IP   
   > port on Windows 98.   
   >   
   > Is there a patch or some free software that I can apply to Windows '98   
   > to allow me to print to a standard TCP/IP port.   
   >   
   > There is a patch to print to an LPR port, but this doesn't seem to   
   > work.   
   >   
   > I suspect that my print server does not support the LPR protocol.   
   >   
   > (I am using a DLINK DP100 Print Server, which connects into the   
   > network hub and provides two parallel printer ports).   
   >   
   > I do not wish to use IPX to work around this. I just want windows to   
   > print to a Standard TCP/IP port, as XP does.   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help with this   
      
   I had a similar problem and was able to find a copy of their JetDirect   
   software and install it.  You might have trouble doing this now since   
   they've buried that package and no longer have it for download.  In my   
   case the customer had it on floppy.   
      
      
      
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