TROY Group EtherWind 802.11b - Manual (Page 41)

PrintraNet Internet
Printing Configuration
TROY's PrintraNet product is a software driver for Windows that allows a PC
user at one location to send a print job to a printer connected to an EtherWind
wireless print server at a remote location across the Internet in a simple and trans-
parent manner.
For example, a user on a PC in New York could print a document directly from
his Microsoft Excel application program to a printer in Chicago. The PC may be
attached to a Local Area Network, or it may be connected via a dial-up PPP link
to an Internet Service Provider. Because of the low cost of accessing the Internet,
the PrintraNet software can save the user a significant amount of money in toll
charges, particularly when international communications is involved.
A new PrintraNet feature allows a user at a remote site to send a text E-mail mes-
sage directly to a printer connected to a TROY print server at a remote site. The
E-mail will be automatically printed on the printer without the need to run an E-
mail program at the remote site.
There are two parts to the PrintraNet configuration, the configuration of the local
Windows PC and the configuration of the remote EtherWind print server.
Installing the Software on a Windows PC at the Local Site
You may configure the local Windows PC to communicate over a LAN using the
MAPI or WINSOCK protocol, or to communicate over a dial-up PPP connection
to an Internet Service Provider.
To install the PrintraNet software on a Windows PC, execute the following steps:
1. Make sure that the PC is running an E-mail program (for example, Microsoft
Outlook) that is capable of sending E-mail messages using either MAPI or
WINSOCK. MAPI (Messaging Applications Program Interface) is used by
most popular Windows E-mail packages, while WINSOCK is used by
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