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® PhaserShare Networking Manual V3 April 1999 071-0180-01
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Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.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 tradem
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Contents 1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers Key components for networking Tektronix color printers 1 Network installation overview 6 The printer’s Configuration Page 6 How to tell which protocols are enabled 8 The printer’s networking software 8 Support for DOS systems 10 Tektronix PhaserPrint for UNIX software 10 2 PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 11 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 14 PhaserShare Series B Local
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7 TCP/IP Printer Configuration (All Platforms) Setting the printer’s IP addressing parameters 55 General information on setting IP parameters (front panel) 57 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 840 printer front panel 57 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 740 printer front panel 58 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 780 printer front panel 60 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 360 printer front panel 63 Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 65 Setting IP parameters: DHCP 66 Supported BOOTP/DHCP f
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12 PhaserLink Printer Management Software System requirements 121 Multiple language support 121 Accessing printer information from a browser 122 Printer information pages 122 Printer status display 124 PhaserLink Printer Management Software help files 125 Setting printer parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management Software pages 126 Information Forwarding 126 13 Printer Management Job accounting 127 PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing 128 Phaser 840 Intelligent Ready 129 PhaserLink Status N
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16 Resetting the Printer Resetting the printer: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 167 Resetting your printer using the Apple Printer Utility 168 17 FTP Interface Index vi PhaserShare Networking Manual
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Chapter 1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers This manual provides information for system administrators and others who need to install Tektronix Phaser 840, Phaser 740, Phaser 780, and Phaser 360 printers equipped with PhaserShare Series B network interfaces. n Before using this manual, unpack and set up your printer. Install the appropriate drivers on any PC and Macintosh computers on your network. Instructions for unpacking, set-up, and installat
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1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers PhaserShare Series B network interface The Phaser 840, 740, 780, and 360 printers support the PhaserShare Series B network interface. These printers are equipped with a built-in PhaserShare Series B network interface with a 10BaseT Ethernet connector. This printer can be equipped with these optional PhaserShare Series B network cards: n PhaserShare Series B Fast Ethernet card. This card is equipped with a combined 10B
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Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 1 Recognizing PhaserShare Series B interfaces and earlier PhaserShare cards On your network, you may have some Tektronix printers equipped with PhaserShare Series B interfaces and other Tektronix printers equipped with earlier PhaserShare cards. Printers equipped with earlier PhaserShare cards are supported differently in printer management software such as the PhaserShare Administrator
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1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers Environments supported Tektronix Phaser printers are compatible with mixed PC, Macintosh, and UNIX environments. The printer automatically switches between the printer’s ports and network protocols to service all computers on the network. Phaser printers are compatible with nearly all PC client/server environments. The printer’s Ethernet and Token Ring network interfaces are compatible with the following:
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Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 1 Phaser printers are compatible with Banyan Vines and Microsoft LAN Manager servers; however, third-party interfaces are required. Contact Tektronix Technical Support for more information (see Chapter 14, “Getting Help”). Clients Workstations Windows 95 UNIX Windows 3.1 Macintosh Windows NT Windows 95 Windows for Workgroups (peer - to - peer) OS/2 Warp DOS Server Novell NetWare (IPX) Windows NT (EtherTalk or TCP/IP) LAN Server 4.0 (
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1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers Network installation overview Step 1 Unpack and set up This step must be done before attempting to configure the printer on a network. the printer. Printer setup includes installing ink or toner, loading paper trays, and turning on the printer. See your printer’s user documentation for information about printer setup. Step 2 Install the network This step is necessary if the printer is to be equipped with an optional network card in t
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Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 1 Printing a Configuration Page: Phaser 840 front panel 1. When the front panel displays READY TO PRINT, press the down-arrow button until Menu is highlighted. Press Select. 2. Press the down-arrow button until Printer Configuration is highlighted. Press Select. 3. Press the down-arrow button until Print Configuration Page is highlighted. Press Select. Printing a Configuration Page: Phaser 740 and 360 front panels 1. While Ready is displayed,
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1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers How to tell which protocols are enabled All protocols can be enabled and disabled. The Configuration Page reports which protocols are enabled. If a protocol is enabled, the field for that protocol lists the current parameters. If the protocol is disabled, the field for that protocol contains an entry reading Disabled. The printer’s networking software The printer is shipped with a software CD-ROM, which contains software that you may need t
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Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers 1 Obtaining networking software for Phaser 360 printers You obtain the networking software from the CD-ROM by running the installer: 1. Locate and run the installer on the printer’s CD-ROM. On a PC, the file is SETUP.EXE; on a Macintosh, it is Phaser 360 Installer. 2. When you are prompted to select Easy Install or Custom Install, select Custom Install. 3. In the Custom Install dialog box, check the box for Network Utilities. 4. If you are running
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1 Network Printing with Tektronix Color Printers Support for DOS systems For information on installing Tektronix printers in DOS environments, see the printer’s CD-ROM. They contain PostScript utility files that can be sent to the printer for network configuration in DOS environments. They also contain a DOS application, NWSET, for printer configuration on NetWare networks. For information on how to use the DOS configuration files, see the README files on the printer’s CD-ROM. PC users will
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Chapter 2 PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces PhaserShare Series B network cards work with the Phaser 840, 740, 780, and 360 printers. Printers that work with PhaserShare Series B network cards have a built-in PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface on the rear panel. Earlier printers (Phaser 380, 350, 340, 560, 550, 540, and 600) may be equipped with earlier PhaserShare network cards; these printers have no built-in network connections on the rear panel. If you are not sure which
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2 PhaserShare Series B Network Interfaces Ethernet connections and indicators The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector has the following connections and indicators: 1. LINK indicator (Phaser 360 only); 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 pa
