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P H A S E R 8 4 0
C O LOR P R I NTE R
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PhaserShare Networking
Setup Guide
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www.tek.com/Color_Printers/
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® Phaser 840 Color Printer ® PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide V2 March 1999 063-3178-00
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Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Tektronix, Inc. ® ® ® ® ® ® Tektronix , Phaser , PhaserShare , the TekColor logo, ColorStix , ColorCoat , and Made For Each Other are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. Finepoint™, PhaserLink™, PhaserPrint™, the TekColor name, and PhaserSym™ are trad
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Contents 1 Introduction Before you begin network configuration 2 Printing a Configuration Page 2 Printer management 3 If you need more information 4 2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 5 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 9 PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card 16 3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration Configuration overview 19 Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser 20 4 Novell NetWare Configuration Installing the PhaserS
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7 Windows NT Setting the printer’s IP address 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 37 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server 41 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 43 8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters Setting IP parameters from the front panel 48 Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 49 Setting IP parameters: DHCP 51 Supported BOOTP/DHCP fields 53 Setting IP parameters: PostScript utility file (UNIX only) 54 Setting IP pa
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Chapter 1 Introduction This guide provides information to help you quickly install the Tektronix Phaser 840 color printer in the following environments: n EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk n Novell NetWare n UNIX n Windows 95 and Windows 98 n Windows NT For detailed networking information, including troubleshooting, see the online manual on your printer’s CD-ROM, or see the PhaserShare Networking Manual in PDF format on your printer’s CD-ROM. For inform
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1 Introduction Before you begin network configuration n Set up your printer and connect it to the network. See your printer’s user documentation for information about setting up the printer. For information about connecting the printer to the network, see Chapter 2 of this manual, “Connecting Your Printer to a Network”. n Install the Tektronix driver for your printer on every Macintosh and PC that will send print jobs to the printer. For details on drive
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Introduction 1 Printer management After your printer is up and running on the network, you can take advantage of the following features that aid you in managing your printer over the network: n Job accounting. The printer stores a log file containing information about jobs printed. The file is a list of job accounting records. Each record contains fields such as user name, job name, pages printed, job times, and toner used. Job accounting is available through the
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1 Introduction If you need more information You may need more information about troubleshooting your network installation or using the printer. The following sources are available: PhaserShare networking manual. Provides detailed networking information for system administrators, including troubleshooting; available in PDF format on the printer’s CD-ROM. A printed copy of this manual can be ordered from Tektronix (part number 071-0180-01). Online user manual. Prov
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Chapter 2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface conforms to the IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet II standards. With the printer’s built-in Ethernet interface, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT) cables. With the PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT or 100B
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2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network Ethernet connections and indicators Built-in Ethernet connector The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector has the following connections and indicators: 1. LINK indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub. 2. RCV indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving. 3. XMT indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting. 4. Twisted pair (10BaseT) connector.
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Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card has the following connections and indicators: 1. TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting. 2. RX Link indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving. 3. Speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 100 Mbps; off indicates 10 Mbps. 4. Twisted pair connection indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no conne
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2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network Ethernet cables and termination N O T E To fully comply with EMI (electro-magnetic interference) specifications, the use of shielded or screened cables may be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-defined cables used with the DB-9 connector. “Screened” describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair), but with an added shield or screen. 10BaseT or 100BaseTx (Twisted Pair) 100BaseTx requires Category 5 (100-Ohm UTP)
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Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring port conforms to the IEEE 802.5 standard. With the PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card, you can connect the printer directly to a Token Ring network using shielded twisted pair (STP; IBM Type 1) or unshielded twisted pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) cables. Contact your dealer to obtain adapters and cables. N O T E To fully comply with EMI specifications, the use of shielded or screened c
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2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network Token Ring connections and indicators The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel: 1. Shielded Twisted Pair (STP; IBM Type 1) connector (DB-9). N O T E The STP port on the PhaserShare Token Ring card supports cable lengths up to 150 meters (492 feet) from the interface to the MAU (Medium Access Unit), including lobe and patch cables. 2. Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) connector (RJ-45
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Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Ring speed jumper The Token Ring card is equipped with a single three-pin jumper to set the ring speed. There are two settings: 4 Mbps and 16 Mbps. N O T E If you received your printer with the Token Ring card already installed, you must turn off the printer and remove the card before you change the jumper setting. The following illustration shows a top view of the card and the location of the jumper. 1. Rear panel 2. Jumper 1 2 16 Mbps 4 M
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2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network Token Ring configuration Token Ring parameters Parameter Description Choices Network Address Token Ring Address. You can supply a Locally Any valid Token Ring address between Administered Address. 40.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx and 7F.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx. Speed Read-only parameter; reports the ring speed 4 Mbps or 16 Mbps. set by the jumper on the card. Early Token Printer releases the token at the end of the last Enabled (default) or Disabled. Release byte
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Connecting Your Printer to a Network 2 Configuring Token Ring parameters n On UNIX systems, you can use the script config-TokenRing, provided with the printer’s network utilities software. See the next topic, “Using the config-TokenRing script”. n On PCs, you can edit the PostScript utility file TOKNCFG.PS and send it to the printer. See the README file in the UTILS directory on the printer’s network utilities diskettes or CD-ROM for details. n On a Macintosh, you can edit the PostScript utilit
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2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network 3. Run the script config-TokenRing: a. In the directory where you placed your printer’s network utilities, change (cd) to the bin subdirectory. b. Type the name of the script, redirecting the output to a file. Type: config-TokenRing > filename 4. When prompted by the script, enter the Token Ring parameters. 5. When the script is finished, log in as root. 6. Make an entry into the host’s ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table defining the printer’s
