I have a printer connected to my windows 2012 server and would like to share it so that other devices can print and scan from it using an lpr port
Is this possible?
How to share a Multi-Printer as lpr port on windows server 2012
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Best Answer
Ignoring the scan part and that DOS printing should die one of these day. (Preferably when you get a chance to migrate away from win95 and win98 age applications), this is how you set up a LPR port.
Go to [start] [Control panel] and select "Devices and printers"
Then right click on the local printer you want to share and select properties.
Click on ports, then on add ports. (Note this will not work on all printers).
Select "Standard TCP/IP port" and click on the [New port] button.
Click [Next] and add the name of the printer. (If you do not have a proper DNS name you can work around it by using an IP, or just add the printers MAC to the DHCP reservations and save yourself a lot of trouble in the future).
Next choose a printer name. "E.g. Finance_hp_4000_LPR".
Click [Next]
On the next screen use "Custom setting" rather then the "standard generic network card"
Procotol: Select LPR,
LPR settings: Select Input LP1.
Click on [OK], [Next], [Finish], [Close] and [Apply]