Current build number for Winlpd 1.2 is 1076.

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History of recent fixes.

Click here to Download previous version Winlpd 1.1.

Please send email to customer_support at rabox.com for any support questions. Also go through the list of tips below to see if your question can be answered.

Upgrading to version 1.2 from earlier versions.
Installation and Setup
Important Tips
Winlpd FAQ
Unix side Setups

Upgrading to version 1.2 from earlier versions.

Installation and Setup

Installation Instruction.

1. Download winlpdsetup.exe from Download area.
2. After you have registered, hit the Download button.
3. The Serial number and Activation Key will be emailed to you.
4. Run winlpdsetup.exe, which was downloaded earlier.
5. Go through the Installation and type in the Serial/activation numbers.


Running Winlpd.
1. Run Winlpd from the Start Menu in Windows 95 or Windows NT.
2. Make sure you have a Windows printer installed for the local or network printer.
3. Double click the "Add Printer" in the Winlpd window to start the printer setup wizard.
4. Select the printer from the list and go to the next screen.
5. Type in the name of the LPD printer. This has to be same as the name specified on the remote host. Usually this is specified by the :rp=printername in the /etc/printcap file. If it is not specified the host uses "lp" as the LPD name.
6. Test out printing from the Unix now.

Important Tips

1. Make sure you have a TCP/IP stack installed on your Windows95/98 or Windows NT machine. See if you can ping this machine from other machines.

2. Before sharing printers using Winlpd make sure you have installed a Windows printer on your machine. This can be done by going to the Printers folder and selecting the "Add Printer". You can then go to Winlpd and share the same printer using LPD protocol.

3. Make sure that you have enough disk space on the drive your Windows95/98 or Windows NT is installed. Winlpd uses the same drive to spool print requests arriving from other hosts before it can spool it to the Windows spooler.

4. The remote printername is specified in the /etc/printcap file on the Unix machine for the printer entry. It is specified using the :rp=printername attribute. If this is not specified in the /etc/printcap file, Unix lpr uses "lp" as the printername.

5. The default option in Winlpd is to map LF characters to CR LF pair. This helps in printing Unix text files on PC printers correctly. If you print binary files, i.e., files which have printer control codes, you would need to turn this option off.

Unix side Setups