USB PRINTING:
For USB print support, you need to find and un-REM the USB print support driver in the config.sys file (and reboot). After that, USB should be a connection option under "OUTPUT PORT" on the printer's properties notebook.
If you cannot find a USBPRINT line in your config.sys, you need to add it - use the same calling conventions/format as used for USB Mouse..
NETWORK PRINTING:
METHOD #1 (Assumes you have a network port driver for the printer - unlikely):
For network printing - IF you have a network port driver, there are instructions in the help files. Load any help file, go to the "Search all help files" tool (or in the original help viewer, go to Services->Search and then select "Search all libraries"). Search for "Creating a Network Port" - it should bring you to a very simple instruction page that gets you on your way.
METHOD #2 (the method that you probably need):
For this method, open the printer's object properties notebook, right click on the PIPE\LPD0 port and select "Properties" - from there, access the help information for detailed instructions on how to set it up (and note the requirement for ensuring LPRPORTD is running. You can have it autostart as an icon in the startup folder, or enable it as a network service autostart in the TCPCFG2 (TCPCFG for Warp 4 16bit TCP stack and earlier) notebook. You can find it on the "Autostart" tab in the Autostarted Services list.
In addition, if you have more than one network printer, you can click on the "Printing" tab in the TCPCFG/TCPCFG2 notebook and increase the number (the default, if memory serves, is 1 network printer - thus one port available via a printer's object properties). Then simply (for each printer) configure a port (use a different port, such as PIPE\LPD0, PIPE\LPD1, etc for each network printer) with the required information for the location of the printer. I am guessing that using such a printer will be easiest if it has a static IP address. Simply assign it one, and ensure that your router's (or NAT device's) DHCP pool range is set to not assign whatever IP address you give the printer. For instance:
- Set the printer to 192.168.0.200
- Set the DHCP params in the router/NAT device to only assign IP's from the 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.199 range (assuming router is at 192.168.0.1).
If your network is already set up with static routes, then the above steps related to DHCP do not apply of course.
Hope that helps! If not, let us know.
Robert