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HOW TO
O GUIDE
Cross Serrver Pull Printing on Pcounter (Pro) for Windows v 2.60 and
d above
INTRO
ODUCTION
server pull
p
“Cross s
printing” is the te
erm
used to describe the
configuratio
on:
following c
1.. Pull Queu
ue Configu
uration
e: The Pull Queue is the queue in which jo
obs remain
n
Pllease note
pa
aused awaiiting releas
se at a prin
nt device, therefore this
t
will be
e
the queue w
which is listed in Pcounter
P
P
Pull Queu
ues listbox
x
ac
ccessed via
a the Pcounter Pro DLL.
D
If usi ng a Hidden Queue
e
co
onfiguration
n this will be the Hidde
en Queue.
h a
An organisation with
printting
pull
ent
ru
uns
environme
Pcounter on multiiple
and the Pull
P
servers, a
Printing te
echnology on
both
se
ervers,
a
and
wants the ability to
s to a pull
p
send jobs
queue on Server 1 and
a
nter
release frrom a prin
controlled by Server 2.
ents
This guide docume
ssary settin
ngs
the neces
on the pull queues and
a
output queues in order
his.
to allow th
he Pcounte
er Ports associated with
w
Pull Q
Queues on all servers
s
Th
inv
volved musst have the
e following configuratio
c
on:
cument do
oes
This doc
not detail standard pull
p
printing o
or explain the
necessary configurattion
for
an
ny
spec
cific
Pcounter P
Pro Embedd
ded
application
n
or
prrint
release terrminal.
Click
k here to
access further
How tto Guides
For Su
upport Clicck here 
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
The P
Protocol mu
ust be set to
o LPR
0
The IP
P Address must
m
be set to 0.0.0.0
The P
Printer/Queue Name must
m
be set to AUTO
HOW TO
O GUIDE
Cross Serrver Pull Printing on Pcounter (Pro) for Windows v 2.60 and
d above
Remember
The m
method
detailed h
here is only
y
compattible with
version
n 2.60 or
above off Pcounterr
for Win
ndows. If
running an earlier
version we
mend that
recomm
you upgrade.
he LPD Server
2.. Enable th
he print jo
obs will be
b moved between ssevers via
a the LPR
R
Th
pr
rotocol. Th
herefore th
he Pcounte
er LPD Serrver must be enabled
d
on
n all serverrs, and needs to be activated on each print outputt
qu
ueue that iss printed to
o via Pull Prrinting.
e: A Print Output
O
Qu
ueue here iis any queu
ue which is
s
Pllease note
lis
sted in the
e Associa
ate with print que
eue contro
ol back in
n
sc
creenshot o
one.
If runn
ning the
Window
ws TCP/IP
Print Service
(LPDS
SVC) this
must be disabled as
s
ows device
a Windo
can only operate
D Server.
one LPD
Advance
ed printing
features
s must be
disable
ed on the
print outp
put queues,
however it can be
on or off on the pull
qu
ueue.
Furthe
er Info…
her info on
For furth
standard Pull
see our Pull
Printing s
Printing
g How-To
guide
e here.
Inform
mation on
specific Pcounter
Pro Pull Printing
ons can be
applicatio
found
d on our
Installation Guides
e here.
page
avigate to tthe Pcounte
er LPD Serv
ver control in Pcontro
ol >
Na
Se
erver Conffiguration > LPD Server.




Check
k the box la
abelled Ena
able LPD S
Server.
Check
k the box associated with
w
each p
print outputt queue
Ensurre that each
h activated queue hass a unique LPR
L
queu
ue name (the name itself is unim
mportant, so long as
unique)
it is u
Click OK and confirm the restart of th
he Pcounte
er Printer
e
Contrrol Service
d Printing Features
3.. Advanced
he Advance
ed printing features must be disa
abled in the
e printer
Th
prroperties off each printt output queue. This iss accessed through
the Advance
ed tab of th
he printer properties.
p
Uncheck the
t
box
En
nable adva
anced prin
nting featu
ures.
HOW TO
O GUIDE
Cross Serrver Pull Printing on Pcounter (Pro) for Windows v 2.60 and
d above
Don’tt forget
All jo
obs in a
Pcounter Pull Queue
e
must be paused by
Pco
ounter
erpause
(Supe
setting) in order to
ect to pull
be subje
printing. However,
for cross server pulll
to work s
successfully
y
the Wind
dows print
queue its
self cannott
be pa
aused.
This paus
se setting is
s
accessed through
the printt queue in
Devic
ces and
Printers
s > Printerr
menu. Pause
g must be
printing
unchecked.
HOW TO
O GUIDE
Cross Serrver Pull Printing on Pcounter (Pro) for Windows v 2.60 and
d above
onfiguration
n is now co
omplete. Re
epeat for al l servers as
s
Co
ne
ecessary.
erformanc
ce Issues
Pe
Prrint
disabling
Pc
counter
off the
speed can
n be
improved by
e
LPR Byte
Counting
g on the
Port confiiguration
Pull Queu
ue.