Tektronix Phasershare User Manual

P H A S E R S H A R E

Setup guide

N E T W O R K I N G

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

PhaserShare

Networking Setup Guide

V2 January 1999 063-3116-00

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, Phaser

, PhaserShare

, ColorStix

, ColorCoat

, and Made For Each Other

are registered trademarks of

Tektronix, Inc. TekColor™, Finepoint™, PhaserLink™, and PhaserPrint™ are trademarks of Tektronix, Inc.

Adobe

Apple

and PostScript

, AppleTalk

are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

, LocalTalk

, EtherTalk

, TokenTalk

, and Macintosh

are registered trademarks of Apple Computer,

Inc.

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SPARC

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International, Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Tektronix Phaser 740, Phaser 780, and Phaser 360 printers are certiﬁed as NetWare print server devices, on both 3.12 and 4.1 NetWare systems. NetWare NDS is certiﬁed on 4.1

NetWare systems. Bindery mode is also certiﬁed to comply on both 3.12 and 4.1 x

NetWare systems.

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PANTONE

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PANTONE-identiﬁed solid color standards. Use current PANTONE Color Reference Manuals for accurate colors.

PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on these products when driven by qualiﬁed Pantone-licensed software packages. Contact Pantone, Inc. for a current list of qualiﬁed licensees.

Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction materials.

1 Introduction

Before you begin network configuration 2 Printing a Configuration Page 2 Printer management 3 If you need more information 4

2 Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface 5 PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card 9 PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card 19

3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration

Configuration overview 21 Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser 22

4 Novell NetWare Configuration

Installing the PhaserShare Administrator 23 Using the Quick Configuration Wizard 24 Setting IPX frame types from the front panel 28

5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX)

Adding the printer to the host table 31 Assigning a print queue to the printer 31 Example installation for a typical BSD UNIX system 33 Printer configuration 35 Extracting files from unix.tar 36

6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software

TCP/IP configuration for the PC 37 Setting the printer’s IP address 38 PhaserPort software installation 38 Adding a port for a new printer 40 Adding a port to an existing printer 41 Changing a port’s IP address 42

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7 Windows NT

Setting the printer’s IP address 43 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 43 Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server 46 Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 48

8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters

General information: setting IP parameters from the front panel 52 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 740 printer front panel 53 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 780 printer front panel 55 Setting IP parameters: Phaser 360 printer front panel 58 Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 61 Setting IP parameters: DHCP 62 Supported BOOTP/DHCP fields 64 Setting IP parameters: PostScript utility file (UNIX only) 64 Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink software 67 DNS (Phaser 740 and 780 printers only) 67

9 PhaserLink Software: the Printer’s Information Link

Accessing printer information from a browser 69 PhaserLink software help files 70 Setting printer parameters: PhaserLink software pages 71 Information Forwarding 71

Index

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Chapter

Introduction

This guide provides information to help you quickly install Tektronix Phaser 740, Phaser 780, and Phaser 360 color printers in the following environments:

■

EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk

■

Novell NetWare

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UNIX

■

Windows 95 and Windows 98

■

Windows NT

For detailed networking information, including troubleshooting, see the online manual on your printer’s CD-ROM, or see the PhaserShare Networking Manual in PDF format on your printer’s CD-ROM.

For information on installing Tektronix printers in DOS environments, see the printer’s CD-ROM or network utilities diskettes. 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 and network utilities diskettes. PC users: the

README ﬁle for PostScript utility ﬁles is in the UTILS directory; the README

ﬁle for NWSET is in the NETWARE directory. (Macintosh users: the ReadMe ﬁle for PostScript utility ﬁles is in the Network Utilities folder).

For information on installing into OS/2 environments, see the online manual on your printer’s CD-ROM, or see the PhaserShare Networking Manual in PDF format on your printer’s CD-ROM.

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Introduction

Before you begin network conﬁguration

■

Set up your printer and connect it to the network. See your printer’s user documentation for information about setting up the printer. For information about connecting the printer to the network, see Chapter 2 of this manual, “Connecting Your Printer to a Network”.

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Install the Tektronix driver for your printer on every Macintosh and PC that will send print jobs to the printer. For details on driver installation, see your printer’s user documentation.

For NetWare environments. To speed the setup process and avoid

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conﬂicts, familiarize yourself with the components of your network. You should know which version(s) of NetWare are installed, which versions of client software are used, and the network topology (frame types, routers, hubs, and cabling).

Printing a Conﬁguration Page

Your printer’s Conﬁguration Page supplies useful information for installing and conﬁguring the printer on a network.

Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 740 and 360 front panels

While the Ready message is displayed, press Menu . The printer

displays the ﬁrst item in the menu:

Help Pages <---- ----> Menu

Press Menu to access the Help Pages; the following message appears:

Menu Map <---- ----> Print

Press <---- or ----> until the following message appears:

Configuration Page <---- ----> Print

Press Print .

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Printing a Conﬁguration Page: Phaser 780 front panel

While Ready is displayed, press Select ; the Printer menu is displayed:

Printer Menu Help Pages Menu

Press Menu ; the Help Pages menu is displayed:

Help Pages Configuration Page Print

Press Print .

Printer management

After your printer is up and running on the network, you can take advantage of the following features that aid you in managing your printer over the network:

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Job accounting. The printer stores a log ﬁle containing information

about jobs printed. The ﬁle is a list of job accounting records. Each record contains ﬁelds such as user name, job name, pages printed, job times, and toner used. Job accounting is available through the PhaserShare Administrator and PhaserLink software.

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Email notiﬁcation. PhaserLink software provides email notiﬁcation,

which allows the printer to automatically send email to the system administrator and others when the printer requires attention (for example, when printer errors, warnings, and alerts occur, or when service is required).

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Usage Proﬁle reports. The printer can generate reports detailing

printer usage. These Usage Proﬁle reports include information on many aspects of printer usage, including ink or toner used, number of pages printed, and media types used. You can print these reports from the front panel or PhaserLink, or you can obtain them automatically via email.

For more information on these features, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual on the printer’s CD-ROM.

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If you need more information

You may need more information about troubleshooting your network installation or using the printer. The following sources are available:

PhaserShare networking manual. Provides detailed networking information

for system administrators, including troubleshooting; available in PDF format on the printer’s CD-ROM. A printed copy of this manual can be ordered from Tektronix (part number 071-0180-00).

Online user manual . Provides complete information on using your printer,

including printer care, printer features, and networking; provided in HTML format on the printer’s CD-ROM. It is also available on the Tektronix web site.

PhaserShare Administrator online help. Provides detailed descriptions of all

program functions and dialog boxes.

PhaserLink online help . HTML ﬁles supplied on the printer’s CD-ROM. See

“PhaserLink software help ﬁles” on page 70.

Readme ﬁles . Provided on the printer’s CD-ROM and diskettes. They contain

information about PostScript utility ﬁles and DOS applications that can be used for conﬁguring and using your printer in DOS environments. Some utility ﬁles for Macintosh are also provided.

World Wide Web. User documentation and other printer information is available from the Tektronix web site:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/support/colcare.html

Technical support hotline. In the U. S. and Canada, call 1-800-835-6100,

Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm PST. For international numbers, see the printer’s user guide or visit:

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/cgi-bin/CPIDlocProcessor

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Chapter

Connecting Your Printer to a Network

PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface

The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet interface conforms to the IEEE 802.3 and Ethernet II standards. With the printer’s built-in Ethernet interface, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT) cables. With the PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card, you can connect the printer directly to an Ethernet network using twisted pair (10BaseT or 100BaseTx) or thin coax (10Base2) cables. Connecting the printer using thick coax (10Base5) requires an adapter; contact your dealer to obtain adapters, cables, and terminators.

When a PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card is installed, the printer’s built-in Ethernet connector is disabled; use the connectors on the card.

C A U T I O

To av oid damaging the network interf ace, turn off the printer before making an y Ethernet connections.

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Ethernet connections and indicators

Built-in Ethernet connector

The printer’s built-in Ethernet connector has the following connections and indicators:

LINK indicator (Phaser 360 printer only); on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub.

RCV indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving.

XMT indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting.

Twisted pair (10BaseT) connector.

RCV XMT

LNK

Ethernet

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PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card

The PhaserShare Series B Ethernet card has the following connections and indicators:

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the network interface is transmitting.

RX Link indicator (green); blinks while the network interface is receiving.

Speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 100 Mbps; off indicates 10 Mbps.

Twisted pair connection indicator; on indicates a working connection to a hub; off indicates no connection to a hub. If the 10Base2 connector (6) is used, this indicator is off.

Twisted pair (10BaseT or 100BaseTx) connector.

Thin coax (10Base2) connector.

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Ethernet cables and termination

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To fully comply with EMI (electro-magnetic interference) speciﬁcations , the use of shielded or screened cables may be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-deﬁned cables used with the DB-9 connector. “Screened” describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP (Unshielded Twisted P air), but with an added shield or screen.

10BaseT or 100BaseTx (Twisted Pair)

100BaseTx requires Category 5 (100-Ohm UTP) cabling.

The Ethernet standard does not allow a direct 10BaseT connection between a single computer and a single printer. Use 10Base2 (Thin Ethernet) to connect a single computer to a single printer.

C A U T I O

Do not use “silver satin” telephone extension cables for 10BaseT networks, either as drop cords or as patch cables in the wiring closet. (Silv er satin cab les are ﬂat, usually silver or gra y, with 28-gauge stranded or tinsel conductors .) Do not use shielded twisted pair cable intended for IBM Token Ring networks or voice-grade (level 1 or 2) unshielded twisted pair cable for wiring runs. These

cables do not meet the requirements for 10BaseT and will lead to unreliable operation.

10Base2 (Thin Ethernet)

Depending on the type of Ethernet cables you use and your network conﬁguration, you may need to use terminators at certain points in the installation. Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for your Ethernet adapters and cables for details.

10Base5 (Thick Ethernet)

Connecting the printer using thick coax (10Base5) requires an adapter; contact your dealer to obtain adapters, cables, and terminators.

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PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring port conforms to the IEEE 802.5 standard. With the PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card, you can connect the printer directly to a Token Ring network using shielded twisted pair (STP; IBM Type 1) or unshielded twisted pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) cables. Contact your dealer to obtain adapters and cables.

N O T

To fully comply with EMI speciﬁcations, the use of shielded or screened cables may be required. “Shielded” describes IBM-deﬁned cab les used with the DB-9 connector. “Screened” describes cables that are electrically similar to Category 4 UTP, but with an added shield or screen.

When a PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card is installed in the printer, the printer’s built-in Ethernet connector is disabled.

C A U T I O

To av oid damaging the network interf ace, turn off the printer before making an y Token Ring connections.

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Token Ring connections and indicators

The PhaserShare Series B Token Ring card has the following connections and indicators on the rear panel:

Shielded Twisted Pair (STP; IBM Type 1) connector (DB-9).

N O T

The STP port on the PhaserShare Token Ring card supports cable lengths up to 150 meters (492 feet) from the interface to the MAU (Medium Access Unit), including lobe and patch cables.

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP; IBM Type 3) connector (RJ-45).

Ring speed indicator (yellow); on indicates 16 Mbps, off indicates 4 Mbps.

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

Connection indicator (green); on indicates that the card is asserting its ring insertion control signal.

RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

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Ring speed jumper

The Token Ring card is equipped with a single three-pin jumper to set the ring speed. There are two settings: 4 Mbps and 16 Mbps.

N O T

The following illustration shows a top view of the card and the location of the jumper.

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If you received your printer with the Token Ring card already installed, you must turn off the printer and remove the card before you change the jumper setting.

Rear panel

Jumper

16 Mbps 4 Mbps

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Token Ring conﬁguration

You can set the Token Ring Frame Routing from the printer’s front panel. When you have the Frame Routing set, you may want to set other Token Ring parameters. See “Conﬁguring Token Ring parameters” on page 16. See the table “Token Ring parameters” on page 15 for a list of Token Ring parameters.

Setting Frame Routing from the Phaser 740 and 360 front panels

N O T

If you are attempting to perform any front panel procedure and you don’t see the expected menu choices, the front panel may be locked. For information on how to unlock it, see the CD-ROM.

Press Menu; the front panel displays Help Pages.

N O T

When you are in the menu, if the front panel is not used for 5 minutes, the printer returns to the Ready state.

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Press ----> or <---- until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Access the Frame Routing menu:

Select the desired Frame Routing: Transparent or Source Route:

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Press Menu until the front panel displays Token Ring. Press Menu; the front panel displays the ﬁrst of two Frame Routing

choices.

Press ----> until the Frame Routing choice you want is displayed. Press OK to enter your choice into the printer; the front panel

brieﬂy displays Selected, then returns to the Token Ring display.

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Return the printer to normal operation:

Press Exit until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Press Exit again.

■ If you have changed any parameters that require a printer reset

to take effect, you will be prompted to reset the printer. If you press Reset, the printer resets. If you press Resume, the front panel displays Network Settings. Press Exit; the printer returns to normal operation, but the changes you have made will not take effect until the next time the printer is reset.

■ If you have not changed any parameters that require a printer

reset to take effect, the front panel displays Ready.

Setting Frame Routing from the Phaser 780 front panel

When the Token Ring card is installed in the printer, you can set the Frame Routing from the printer’s front panel. The choices are Transparent (no source routing) or Source Route (use source routing).

While Ready is displayed, press Select; the Printer menu is displayed:

Printer Menu Help Pages Menu

Press or until the front panel displays Network Settings.

Printer Menu Network Settings Menu

Press Menu to enter the Network Settings menu; the front panel displays:

Network Settings Token Ring Menu

Press Menu again; the front panel displays the ﬁrst of two Frame Routing choices.

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Select the desired Frame Routing: Transparent or Source Route:

Return the printer to normal operation:

Press until the Frame Routing choice you want is displayed. Press Select to enter your choice into the printer; the front panel

brieﬂy displays Selected, then displays the selected Frame Routing choice again.

Press until the front panel displays:

Network Settings Token Ring Menu

Press again.

■ If you have changed any parameters that require a printer reset to

take effect, you will be prompted to reset the printer. If you press Confirm, the printer resets. To return to normal operation without resetting the printer, press top line of the display. Press again; the printer returns to normal operation, but the changes you have made will not take effect until the next time the printer is reset.

; Printer Menu appears on the

■ If you have not changed any parameters that require a printer

reset, press again; the front panel displays Ready.

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Token Ring parameters

Parameter Description Choices

Network Address Tok en Ring Address. You can supply a Locally

Speed Read-only parameter; reports the ring speed

Early T ok en Release

Route Cache Size

Route Cache Timeout

Broadcast For broadcasting to all network nodes.

Adapter Status Read-only parameter; reports the Token Ring

Administered Address.

set by the jumper on the card. Printer releases the token at the end of the last

byte transmitted (not applicable at 4 Mbps). Number of entries in the source route table. 10 to 300.

Time in seconds that an entry remains in the source route table before being updated.

Changes the default frame type for source route broadcasts. Broadcast is ignored if Frame Routing is set to Transparent. Some protocols (for example, IP and ARP) are not affected by this parameter.

card status. Report is in two parts, separated by a comma:

Adapter status, Details Adapter status

Token Ring card. information.

Unknown Route Printer is searching for a route to a speciﬁc

network node. Changes the def ault fr ame type for source route broadcasts. Unknown Route is ignored if Frame Routing is set to Transparent. Some protocols (f or e xample, IP and ARP) are not affected by this parameter.

reports the condition of the

Details

reports additional

Any valid Token Ring address between

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4 Mbps or 16 Mbps.

Enabled (default) or Disabled.

5 to 65535.

Single Route. The printer uses single-route broadcasts for most source-route broadcasts.

All Routes. The printer uses all-routes broadcasts for all broadcasts.

Adapter status:

Adapter Initializing. Card is starting up. Adaptor Open. Card is connected to the

network. Adapter Closed. Card is not connected to

the network. Adapter Fault. Card is defective.

Details:

Ring OK. Ready for network communication. Fault. Internal error; the card is defective. Cable Disconnected. Cable is not

connected to the card.

Ring Error. Network problem. Removed by network management. The

network administrator has disabled the connection.

Single Route. Printer uses single-route broadcasts for most source-route broadcasts.

All Routes. Printer uses all-routes broadcasts for all broadcasts.

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Conﬁguring Token Ring parameters

■ On UNIX systems, you can use the script conﬁg-TokenRing, provided

with the printer’s network utilities software. See the next topic, “Using the conﬁg-TokenRing script”.

■ On PCs, you can edit the PostScript utility ﬁle TOKNCFG.PS and send

it to the printer. See the README ﬁle in the UTILS directory on the printer’s network utilities diskettes or CD-ROM for details.

■ On a Macintosh, you can edit the PostScript utility ﬁle Conﬁgure Token

Ring and send it to the printer. See the ReadMe ﬁle in the Network Utilities folder on the printer’s network utilities diskettes or CD-ROM

for details.

■ Windows users on NetWare networks can use the PhaserShare

Administrator. See “Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring” on page 18.

■ With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can

use PhaserLink. “Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring” on page 18.

Whichever method you use, reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

Using the

The UNIX shell script conﬁg-TokenRing is provided with the printer’s network utilities software. The script creates a PostScript ﬁle containing the Token Ring parameters. Set the Token Ring parameters by sending the PostScript ﬁle to the printer.

Before performing this procedure, install the script on your host computer. If you have not already installed the ﬁle, see “Extracting ﬁles from unix.tar” on page 36. Your host spooling system must also be conﬁgured (see Chapter 5, “TCP/IP Conﬁguration (UNIX)”).

Connect the printer to the network. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) requires that the printer be connected on the same physical network segment as the host. You will be using the arp command later in this procedure.

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conﬁg-TokenRing

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Run the script conﬁg-TokenRing:

In the directory where you placed your printer’s network utilities, change (cd) to the bin subdirectory.

Type the name of the script, redirecting the output to a ﬁle. Type:

conﬁg-TokenRing > ﬁlename

When prompted by the script, enter the Token Ring parameters.

When the script is ﬁnished, log in as root.

Make an entry into the host’s ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table deﬁning the printer’s Printer Name/Token Ring address pair. In general, this requires a command corresponding to one of the following syntax examples:

arp -s printer-name Token-Ring-address (for BSD systems) or arp -s ether printer-name Token-Ring-address (for System V)

See the documentation for your host system for speciﬁcs of this command.

Turn on the printer.

Use the host spooling system (for example, lpr or lp) to send to the printer the ﬁle you created in Step 3b; this stores the Token Ring information in the printer’s memory, where it is retained over a reset or power cycle.

Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

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Using the PhaserShare Administrator to conﬁgure Token Ring

In the PhaserShare Administrator Main window, select the desired printer from the Printer List.

Click Conﬁgure Printer; this displays the Conﬁgure Printer dialog box.

In the Conﬁgure Printer dialog box, click the Token Ring tab.

In the Token Ring tab, set the Token Ring parameters as desired.

Click OK.

You are prompted to reset the printer. Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

For more information on the PhaserShare Administrator, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual on the printer’s CD-ROM.

Using PhaserLink software to conﬁgure Token Ring

For information on connecting to your printer via PhaserLink, see “Accessing printer information from a browser” on page 69. For general information on PhaserLink software, see Chapter 9, “PhaserLink Software: the Printer’s Information Link”.

From the printer’s home page, click Conﬁguration; this displays the View and Conﬁgure Settings page.

From the View and Conﬁgure Settings page, click View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings; this displays the View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings page.

From the View and Conﬁgure Interface Settings page, click View and Conﬁgure PhaserShare Settings (Token Ring card); this displays the View and Conﬁgure PhaserShare Settings page for Token Ring.

Enter your settings into the ﬁelds for Token Ring Address, Speed, and Bridging. If you make an error, click Restore Initial Form Values and

start again.

When you are ﬁnished entering the settings, enter the Validation Password and click Do/Apply. If you are not sure of the password,

contact your system administrator.

Reset the printer to make the changes take effect.

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PhaserShare Series B LocalTalk card

When a PhaserShare Series B card is purchased initially with the printer, it is installed at the factory. When a PhaserShare Series B card is purchased later as an upgrade kit, follow the installation instructions that are shipped with the card. Both the LocalTalk connection on the card and the Ethernet connector on the printer’s rear panel are simultaneously active.

LocalTalk connection

N O T

LocalTalk is sometimes referred to as AppleTalk. LocalTalk refers to the physical connection; AppleTalk is the protocol.

You can make LocalTalk connections between the printer and a single computer or a LocalTalk network. If your LocalTalk installation is complex, or if you need assistance, contact your network system administrator.

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C A U T I O

Connect your printer to a LocalTalk network before you turn on the printer.

LocalTalk card connections and indicators

TX indicator (yellow); blinks while the interface is transmitting.

RX indicator (green); blinks while the interface is receiving.

LocalTalk connector; 8-pin, circular DIN.

N O T

Both indicators ﬂashing together indicates a fatal software error. Turn the printer off, then on again; if the problem persists, replace the card.

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