Adding an Internet printer
Before you begin
Ask your Infoprint Server
administrator for this information:
- The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the printer.
The URI
of a printer defined in the Printer Inventory has this format:
http://host:port/printers/printername
- host
- The host name or IP address of the z/OS system.
- port
- The port number where the IPP server is listening. The default
is that the IPP server listens at port 631. Ask your administrator
the port number to use.
- printer_definition_name
- The name of the printer definition in the Printer Inventory.
For example:
http://myzoshost:631/printers/myprinter
Be
careful to note the exact spelling of the URI. Uppercase and lowercase
letters are not equivalent, except in the host part of the URI.
- The manufacturer and model number of the printer.
- The name of the printer driver to use.
The printer driver converts
your documents to a format that the printer understands. This driver
might be available online, or your administrator might give it to
you on a diskette or CD-ROM.
The AFP Printer Driver
for Windows converts your
documents to AFP format,
which lets you print on AFP printers.
You can download the AFP Printer
Driver from the IBM website at: http://www.ibm.com. On the IBM website, search
for "AFP Printer Driver". If you use the AFP driver, you need to know the
model number and resolution of the AFP printer.
If either the PCL to AFP transform or
the PostScript to AFP transform is
installed on the z/OS® system,
you can use a PCL or PostScript driver
instead of the AFP driver.
Steps for adding an Internet printer
Use the standard Windows procedure
to add a printer, and do these special steps:
- When the Add Printer Wizard asks you whether to install the printer
as a local printer or a network printer, select either Network
printer or A network printer, or a printer attached
to another computer.
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- When the Add Printer Wizard asks you how to connect, select Connect to a printer on the Internet. Enter the
URI of the printer in the URL field.
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- When the Add Printer Wizard asks you whether to install the printer
driver, select OK.
While Windows is installing the printer driver, you see
the screen where you entered the URI. For some time, it might seem
that nothing is happening. Do not cancel the
job. Wait for the Add Printer Wizard to go on to the next window.
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