Question about printer server...

[InlineFive]

Hello all,

We recently acquired a new Toshiba eStudio 200L copier. I have been attempting to setup the network printing with this apparatus to no avail. For some reason printing only works with SMB enabled. Unfortunately, this makes a whole new machine appear on the network with a share folder, which I don't like. Is there some way I can disable this and use plain-jane TCP/IP on port 9100 like on my HP JetDirect?

Also, what do these do?
Rendezvous
LDAP
SLP
Netware
LDP

Thanks!

-Por

 

[bigfatdonny]

Rendezvous is a protocol used primarily by OS X. It's similar to Appletalk in many ways.

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access protocol, and is basically Active Directory in Windows. If you're running a Windows 2000 or 2003-based network with an Active-Directory integrated domain, you may be able to integrate this printer right in with the LDAP settings.

SLP is Serive Location Protocol. Read more about it here.

Netware was a product developed by Novell. You're probably not running Novell on your network, or else you'd be crying right now

LDP is Label Distribution Protocol. If you want to know more information, check out what Protocol Dictionary has to say.

If you're running a Windows 2k or 2k3 domain, you may be able to use LDAP to set it up. If you're a Mac shop, and you're running OS X, using Rendezvous would be pretty easy.

 

[bearxor]

In XP or 2000, go to add a new printer. Select local printer, but uncheck the 'probe for printer automatically'. On the next screen, click the drop-box for 'add new printer port' select tcp/ip, input all the relative information and that should get you all setup.

 

[bigfatdonny]

In XP or 2000, go to add a new printer. Select local printer, but uncheck the 'probe for printer automatically'. On the next screen, click the drop-box for 'add new printer port' select tcp/ip, input all the relative information and that should get you all setup.

That's still not going to clean up the SMB share on the network, though. You'll most likely need to use one of the other services, like LDAP.

 

[InlineFive]

Thanks for the information answer bigfatdonny, I appreciate that. It turns out that the default way which the driver communicated was with a custom communication method. I created a TCP/IP port for it and now it works fine with SMB disabled.