- Lainer Printer Operator Guide

Basics

Requirements

Before using this machine, make sure that all the environmental and electrical

requirements have been met. Connect the machine to the host computer using

the parallel port, Network Interface Board, or both.

Make sure that all the cables, connectors, and electrical outlets necessary to at-

tach the machine to the host computer or network are present.

Important

❒ The interface cable is not supplied. It is your responsibility to provide the in-

terface cable appropriate for the computer that you are using.

Reference

For more information about using the parallel port, see the Printer Reference.

For more information about using a network, see p.6 “Network cable require-

ments”.

Network cable requirements

The Network Interface Board can be installed to allow direct connection to an

Ethernet network.

The Network Interface Board supports 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX connections.

You can use the machine in the following network environments:

• Using the appropriate network management software and printer driver

• Attaching the machine to a network computer set up as a server

Under Windows NT 4.0, only × 86 CPU is supported.

For information about usable versions of the Mac OS, see the "PostScript Supple-

ment".

Under Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 only. Only for

Peer-Peer Printing.

In a mixed network environment, the protocol switches automatically.

Reference

For more information about network connection settings, see p.61 “User

Tools (System Settings)”.

Client

Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0

, Mac OS

(optional PostScript 3 Unit Type 1027 is required ), UNIX

Driver

PCL 6/5e, RPCS™, PostScript 3

File Server

NetWare 3.x, NetWare 4.x, NetWare 5/5.1

Protocol

TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI

, AppleTalk

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