Printer works fine until LPDSVC

[huerochingon@gmail.com]

Printing from XP1 to XP2\Printer1 works fine by using a standard
Windows shared printer. However, I need to use Tcpip Print Services for
Unix. So I turn on LPDSVC on XP2. I print a test page from XP2 to the
local Printer1 and it still works. I go back to XP1 and remove the
printer. I reinstall the printer this time creating a new LPR port to
XP2:Printer1. Install goes fine, no errors. I print a test page from
XP1 to XP2:Printer1 and it just hangs in the queue with status
Printing-Spooling forever. The strangest thing is, if I go back to XP2
and check the properties for Printer1 it now says it's installed using
the same LPR port that I configured on XP1!

Am I doing something wrong? I've never seen XP change the port for a
printer because it was changed on another computer. Is this normal? I
have 3 other XP boxes with the exact same printer (HP Laserjet 1022NW)
and they do the same thing.

Any help is hugely appreciated.

[Alan Morris]

Do not change the port when remotely administrating the printer.

If you have Firewall software enabled on XP2 machine be sure to add TCP port
515 for the LPDsvc in order to accept incoming data.

Also the service is installed as manual in service control manager so if you
want it to start at boot you will need to configure it there.

If you are using the Windows Firewall on XP2 the firewall will only accept
jobs on one client source port to port 515. Without the firewall enabled,
the client can send jobs from LPR source ports 721-731 which is configurable
in the registry on windows.


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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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> Printing from XP1 to XP2\Printer1 works fine by using a standard
> Windows shared printer. However, I need to use Tcpip Print Services for
> Unix. So I turn on LPDSVC on XP2. I print a test page from XP2 to the
> local Printer1 and it still works. I go back to XP1 and remove the
> printer. I reinstall the printer this time creating a new LPR port to
> XP2:Printer1. Install goes fine, no errors. I print a test page from
> XP1 to XP2:Printer1 and it just hangs in the queue with status
> Printing-Spooling forever. The strangest thing is, if I go back to XP2
> and check the properties for Printer1 it now says it's installed using
> the same LPR port that I configured on XP1!
>
> Am I doing something wrong? I've never seen XP change the port for a
> printer because it was changed on another computer. Is this normal? I
> have 3 other XP boxes with the exact same printer (HP Laserjet 1022NW)
> and they do the same thing.
>
> Any help is hugely appreciated.
>