How to Add Print
Services for Unix on your Windows 2000/XP Machine
By Hanz Makmur
Laboratory
for Computer Science Research -
This document shows you how
to enable your Windows 2000/XP computer to print to a Unix LPR print queue. This is a required step before you can a
set up your local printer queue to print to the DCIS Unix printer queues. For more details see: Settting
to a Postscript Printer Queue to Print to DCIS Printers on MS Windows 2000/XP.
These instructions are necessary because the ability to
print to Unix printer queues is not part of the default installation of Windows
2000/XP. However, adding the feature
is supported.
To enable LPR printing port for Windows2000/XP, you need to
install Print services for Unix on your Windows2000/XP machine. Follow the following steps to do so.
Figure.1
1. Go to the Start
menu, select Settings and click on Control Panel. A control panel window like figure 1 will open.
Figure. 2
2. Double-click on Add/Remove
Programs icon shown in figure 1; then click on Add/Remove Windows Components icon
shown in figure 2.
Figure.
3
3. A Windows Component Wizard shown in figure 3 will open. Scroll
down until you find Other Network
File and Print Services. Click on the check box.
4. Click on the Next
button to install this software. Be aware that on some windows installations
you will need to insert your original Windows2000/XP CD.
This completes the steps to add Print Services for Unix.
If you have questions
please contact the DCIS Help Desk at help@cs.rutgers.edu