Setting up a Canon LBP360PS Printer for LPR Printing

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SUMPTOMS

When you print to a Canon Laser Beam LBP 360 PS printer on a line printer remote (LPR) printer port, the following error message may occur in the print queue:

   Printer Error

   Event ID: 2004
   Description: Printer on <printer name> is rejecting your request.
                Will retry until it accepts the request or the job
                is canceled by the user.

RESOLUTION

The Canon Laserbeam LBP 360 PS printer has a predefined IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. When you set up this printer as a TCP/IP printer, the LPR port server name must be specifically named. Follow the steps below to create the LPR Port:

1. Click Start, point to Setting, and then click Printers for Windows NT 4.0.

   -or-

   Double-click Control Panel in the Main group, and then double-click Print Manager for Windows NT 3.51.

2. Double-click Add Printer and select My Computer, click Next, and then click Add Port.

   -or-

   On the Printer menu, click Create Printer, and then click Other in the Print To list.

3. Click LPR Port, and then click New Port.

4. Type the following information:

       - Name or address of server providing LPD: <IP address>
   

       - Name of printer or print queue on that server:  xjprint
   

         NOTE: The printer name, xjprint, must be typed in lowercase.
   

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