Creating a printer for Port Monitor

You use the Windows Add Printer Wizard to create a local printer with a port of StreamServe type. You do not have to set this printer as the default printer.

Note:

The steps required to set up a printer differ slightly in each version of Windows.

To create a printer and printer queue for Port Monitor

1	Start the Add Printer Wizard.

2	Click Add a local printer.

Note:

On some versions of Windows, you must deselect Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer.

3	Click Create a new port, on the Type of port list, click StreamServe, and then click Next.

Note:

The StreamServe port type is only available when you have installed Port Monitor.

4	Enter the port definition settings and click OK.

Port Definition settings
Port name	A unique name for the port.
Output type	File – Sends output to a file. Named pipe – Sends output via a named pipe. FTP – Sends output via FTP.
Destination: path/named pipe/address	The destination path, pipe or address where the output is created. If Output Type is File, this is the directory from which the StreamServe input connector retrieves data. The path must be an absolute path and the directory must already exist. File example: C:\Program Files\StreamServe\Applications\StreamServer\<version>\spool Named pipe destination syntax: \\.\pipe\<pipe_name> FTP destination syntax: <IP_address>\<FTP_directory> <Host_name>\<FTP_directory>
String to send at start	Adds a string to the start of the file.
String to send at end	Adds a string to the end of the file.
Add owner to filename created	Adds the owner name to the filename.
Add document name to the filename created	Adds the document name to the filename. Note: You cannot add the document name to send output via FTP.
Add printer to filename created	Adds the printer name to the filename.
Replacement for non valid characters in filename	Removes invalid characters from the file names, or substitutes the invalid characters with another character. To remove invalid characters from the file names, leave this empty or enter 0. To substitute invalid characters with another character, enter the hex value of the character you want to use in place of the invalid characters.
FTP	FTPS (FTP over SSL) – Select to send the file using FTPS implicit protocol. Verify host – Select to validate the server certificate on the FTP server. User name – User name to log on to the destination FTP server. Password – Password to log on to the destination FTP server. Final destination directory – The directory where the file is moved to (i.e. the StreamServe scanning directory). This directory must already exist. This parameter is optional, it only needs to be specified if the destination is different to what is specified using the parameter Destination: path/named pipe/address.

5	Select the Manufacturer and Printer, and click Next.

Install Print Software settings
Manufacturer	Select Generic.
Printers	Select Generic/Text only.

6	Enter a name for the printer and click Next.

Name Your Printer settings
Printer name	Enter a name for the printer.

The printer is installed.

7	Enter the sharing settings and click Next.

Share printer settings
Shared as	Enter a share name for the printer. For output from AS/400, the name of the shared resource must correspond to the name of the AS/400 remote output queue. For AS/400, uppercase letters should be used for the name.
Location and Comment	These parameters are optional.

8	Click Next and Finish to finish creating the printer port.