What ports does ExcelliPrint use?

Q: What ports do I need to open in my firewall to use ExcelliPrint®?

A: Only the queues’ ports. Each queue listens on its own TCP port for IPDS from the host: by default 5001 for the first queue, 5002 for the next, and so on. Each queue’s Listening Port is in its settings.

• Windows Defender Firewall: setup adds an inbound rule, ExcelliPrint queues, that allows connections to the queues whatever their ports. There’s nothing else to do.
• Another firewall on the computer: allow listener.exe in the installation folder, or each queue’s port, inbound.
• A firewall between the host and the computer: allow each queue’s port from the host to the ExcelliPrint computer.

The host’s port must match the queue’s: on IBM i, the device’s PORT (DSPDEVD shows it; CHGDEVPRT changes it); on z/OS, PORTNO in the PSF PRINTDEV.

ExcelliPrint 5.0 has no web interface, so there are no HTTP or HTTPS ports to open. Only the hosts in a queue’s Accept jobs from list can send it jobs; others are refused and logged.