The AshLPD server must be launched and left running on the PC server. Typically, you would run it in background, with only an icon showing in the system tray by launching it with a command similar to:
<install dir>\bin\ashw32.exe –i <install dir>\miame.ini –zi ashlpd
(The –zi switch causes it to launch in background from the system tray; otherwise it will launch as a normal window.)
The installation program automatically adds a shortcut to the Startup folder with the above command so that it will start when the PC is booted.
When AshLPD first launches, it reads the configuration file OPR:ASHLPD.INI to get configuration options, the most important of which is the port to listen on. (This, and the IP address of the print server must match up with the configuration specified in OPR:ASHLPR.INI on the application server.)
See the AshLPD User Interface section below for information on how to edit the configuration file.
