How to add LPR port in Vista?

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Eric wrote:

> Anybody knows how to add a LPR port(not MS TCP/IP port) on a Vista machine?

Control Pannel
Programs
Turn Windows Features on or off
Print Services
LPR Port Monitor


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"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Forwarded to microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan newsgroup via
> crosspost.
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> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
> Eric wrote:

I got to Print Services and both cleared the box and then shaded it. I
couldn't check it. Never got to a LPR Port Monitor option. What should I
have done differently?

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

> Control Pannel
> Programs
> Turn Windows Features on or off
> Print Services
> LPR Port Monitor
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> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
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There is a + sign next to Print Services. Expand the entry and check LPR
Port Monitor

Click OK

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Marie" <Marie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I got to Print Services and both cleared the box and then shaded it. I
> couldn't check it. Never got to a LPR Port Monitor option. What should I
> have done differently?
>
> "Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
>

Thanks Alan, that worked....................Marie

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

> There is a + sign next to Print Services. Expand the entry and check LPR
> Port Monitor
>
> Click OK
>
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> Alan Morris
> Windows Printing Team
> Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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> "Marie" <Marie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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