User guide

22 Phaser 750 Color Printer

Setting the Printer’s IP Address

Automatic IP addressing

The Tektronix Installer for Windows sets the printer’s IP address under the following

conditions:

■ The printer has a network connection.

■ TCP/IP is installed on the computer.

■ The IP address has not already been assigned (for example, from the front panel or by

DHCP).

During the installation process, you can accept the automatically assigned address or

assign a different one. For small networks, the automatically assigned address will work

in most cases. For large networks, see your network administrator to determine if the

suggested address will work.

The Tektronix installer for Windows is the recommended method for setting IP address in

Windows environments; for other environments, see Other methods for setting the

printer’s IP address.

Note

With a Windows 95 or Windows 98 peer-to-peer connection, if you change the

printer’s IP address after the first-time installation, you must change the port’s

address on the PC through PhaserPort for Windows (see Changing a port’s IP

address on page 17).

Other methods for setting the printer’s IP address

You can set the printer’s IP address by any of the following methods:

■ Front panel. See Setting the IP address from the Phaser 750 front panel on page 23.

■ DHCP. When turned on or reset, the printer receives its IP address information from a

DHCP server. See Setting the IP address: DHCP on page 24.

■ Downloaded configuration file. Can be used on hosts that do not have BOOTP, or

DHCP. For UNIX, use a Tektronix-provided shell script to prepare a configuration

file. Sending the file to the printer stores the IP address information in the printer’s

memory, where the printer reads it when reset. See the PhaserShare Networking

Manual.

■ PC and Macintosh users can also set IP parameters using PostScript utility files; see

the README files on the printer’s CD-ROM. The PC README file is in the UTILS

directory; the Macintosh README file is in the Network Utilities folder.

■ PhaserLink Printer Management Software. After setting the printer’s IP address by

another method, you can perform the rest of the TCP/IP configuration using

PhaserLink Printer Management Software, if you have a World Wide Web browser.

See Setting the IP address: PhaserLink Printer Management Software on page 26.