Settingup,connecting,and using yourprinter Settingup,connecting,andusingyourprinter Apple LaserWriter 12/640PS

Using the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility
You can use telnet, a standard UNIX terminal emulation program, to log
in to the printer’s configuration utility. The changes you make in the utility
affect all printer users on your TCP/IP network—you don’t need to repeat this
process for each workstation on the network. You can use the utility to
m print a configuration page
m show information about the TCP/IP interface
m turn PostScript banner pages on or off for TCP/IP print jobs
m change the printer’s IP address
m set the TCP/IP subnet mask
m identify the default gateway IP address
m enable or disable TCP/IP connection timeout checking
m change the password for this utility
m reset the printer’s TCP/IP interface
m restore all settings to the factory defaults
Logging in to the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility
To run the utility, follow these steps:
1 Use telnet to log in to the printer’s TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility by typing
telnet printer_IP_name
The printer responds by displaying a message on your screen welcoming you
to the Configuration Utility.
2 Enter a password.
The first time you log in to the printer, it requires you to assign a password
to the utility. The password must be between 5 and 10 characters long. The
characters you type will not appear on the screen.
Subsequently, you will need to enter the password to use the utility. The
characters you type will not appear on the screen.
Note: You can change the password using this utility, as explained later in
this chapter.
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