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CHAPTER 6
WEB PRINTING SETUP
O
VERVIEW
The PrintAgent is innovative software that allows you to
print over the web in two ways, Remote Printing and Pull
Printing. The PrintAgent is powered by redipS
®
Core
software, and is available from the Printer Home Page.
PrintAgent Remote Printing
Remote Printing is the easiest way for Windows 95/98 and
Windows NT users to print over the web and get instant
printer status at your desktop. You can print to any
SuperScript 4200N printer anywhere, as long as you have its
URL.
All you do is browse to the printer’s Home Page and
download/install the PrintAgent driver to your system (or
install directly from your SuperScript 4200N CD). When you
print with that special driver, the job goes over the web to the
printer, and printer status comes back to your desktop on the
PrintAgent window. The first part of this chapter covers the
following topics about Remote Printing.
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System Requirements
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Easy Remote Printing Setup
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Remote Printing From Your Desktop
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Getting Printer Status
•
PrintAgent Features
PrintAgent Pull Printing
Pull Printing is an ideal solution for busy offices that print
long, complex, or color rich documents. With Pull Printing,
your job is sent to a Pull Printing server to be processed. Then
the Pull Printing server delivers the job to the printer. This
frees your computer faster, and reduces network traffic. You
can also set up a secondary server to deliver printer Help files
and drivers to users, making the printer more efficient.
Pull Printing is also called “driverless” printing because you
don’t need a SuperScript 4200N printer driver on your
system. You can pull print any Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF file, or web page without opening it— just
by sending its location to the Pull Printing server. The server
does all the work and leaves your computer free for other
tasks. The second part of this chapter covers the following
topics about Pull Printing.
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System Requirements
•
Server Installation
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Configuring URLs
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Starting the Pull Printing Server
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Pull Printing from Your Desktop
S
ECONDARY
F
ILE
S
ERVER
This section describes how to configure a Secondary File
Server to support print clients for Remote and Pull Printing.
Only the Printer Home Page, Configuration Page, and NIC
Administration Page reside on the printer. The PrintAgent
Driver, Help files, and the PrintAgent Core software must be
installed on a dedicated Secondary File Server.
The URL is the IP address or host name
for example, http://131.241.45.65
Printer Home Page Features
you assign to the Printer,
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