You need to define Windows printers to use with BARR/SPOOL. In most cases, Windows printers represent physical destinations that the spool can route files to. In some cases, the printers are spool-input devices used to direct output from Windows programs into the spool.
Windows printers
are just one way to direct data into the spool.
However, Windows printers must route all data leaving the spool.
Windows printers are defined with the Windows Add Printer Wizard. The printers consist of a port and a device driver.
Local printers are directly connected to the computer running BARR/SPOOL. Network printers reside elsewhere on the network. You can define local printers or network printers in three ways.
Add network printers by connecting to a network printer
Define standard local printers that use the LPT A parallel printer port. and COM An asynchronous serial port on the computer. ports
Define Barr local printers that use ports unique to the Barr software, including:
Barr Spool port, which receives jobs into BARR/SPOOL
Barr PRINT390 port, which prints files on channel-attached printers
Barr LPR port, which directs files to TCP/IP hosts
Barr File port, which writes to disk
Barr FTP port, Barr NJE port and Barr RJE port, which send jobs to the host
Barr IP port, which writes to a TCP/IP socket or prints to a Xerox DocuPrint EPS
