EPSON® Ethernet Card Supplement
This guide includes new information about your EPSON
multiprotocol Ethernet interface card and software.
If you are using the card with Apple® Macintosha computers on
AppleTalk® or TCP/IP networks, please disregard the Macintosh
section in your EPSON Type B Ethernet Interface Card
and follow the steps in this supplement.
In addition to the operating systems mentioned in the Ethernet card
®
User's
Guide
User’s Guide, the card also supports Windows 95 and Windows NT
4.x.
You’ll find the following information in this Supplement:
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Initializing the Ethernet card
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Using the Ethernet Card with NetWare® on a WAN
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Using Macintosh with the Ethernet Card
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Using TCP/IP with Windows 95
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Initializing the Ethernet Card
After you install the Ethernet card in a printer or reinstall it in a new
printer, plug in the printer while pressing down the status sheet
button for at least three seconds to initialize the card.
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Printing a Status Sheet
You can print a status sheet after you finish initializing the card.
Turn on the printer and press the status sheet button. The status
sheet gives you information about the Ethernet card including the
current configuration, serial number, and address of the card. Keep
the status sheet; you need the information to configure the card.
Using the Ethernet Card With NetWare on a WAN
If you use the Ethernet card in a NetWare environment over a WAN
(Wide Area Network) and connect it to a general phone line
(including ISDN), the card may open the dial-up-router and packets
may be sent to the WAN. To avoid this problem and possible phone
fees, mask the vendor code in the dial-up-router as shown below:
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Vendor code
For details on how to mask the vendor code, ask your network
administrator or see your NetWare documentation.
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Using Macintosh with the Ethernet Card
Before configuring the Ethernet card, check to see if the correct
printer driver is installed in the Macintosh. Make sure the printer is
turned on and the Ethernet card is connected to the network. (See
your Ethernet card User’s Guide and your printer User’s Guide for
more information.)
The information on Macintosh is explained in the following
sections:
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Installing EPSON Net!
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Monitoring the Printers on Your Network
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Configuring the Ethernet Card for AppleTalk
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Configuring the Ethernet Card for TCP/IP Using EPSON Net!
for Macintosh
Note:
lf you are using Macintosh computers on a NetWare network, configure
the card using EPSON Net! for NetWare Windows from a Windows
workstation or EPSON Net! for NetWare DOS from a DOS
workstation. See your Ethernet card User’s Guide for instructions.
lnstalling EPSON Net!
To install EPSON Net! for Macintosh, follow these steps:
1.
Turn on your Macintosh.
2.
Create a folder for EPSON Net! on your hard drive.
3.
Insert the EPSON Net! for Macintosh disk in the drive.
4.
Copy the program from the disk to the folder.
Monitoring the Printers on Your Network
You can monitor and check the status of all printers connected to
your network according to the protocol you use.
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To check the status of all printers that are turned on and enabled for
a protocol, follow the steps below:
1.
Open the EPSON Net! folder and click the EPSON Net! icon.
The following window appears:
Note:
If you don‘t see any printers in the list, try selecting the zone that the
printer is in or all zones by following the steps in the next section.
2.
To exit EPSON Net!, click Quit.
Selecting a Zone
You can select which printers to monitor according to their zone or
address. You must select a zone before you configure the Ethernet
card in the Configuration dialog box. Follow these steps:
1.
With the EPSON Net! dialog box open, choose Zone from the
Options menu bar.
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