Tektronix Phaser 840 User manual

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P H A S E R®8 4 0
COLOR PRINTER
PhaserShare
®Networking
Setup Guide

Phaser
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840 Color Printer
PhaserShare
®
Networking Setup Guide
V2 March 1999
063-3178-00

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Setup Guide
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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 16
3 EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk Configuration
Configuration overview 19
Finding the printer’s name in the Chooser 20
4 Novell NetWare Configuration
Installing the PhaserShare Administrator 21
Using the Quick Configuration Wizard 22
Setting IPX frame types from the front panel 24
5 TCP/IP Configuration (UNIX)
Adding the printer to the host table 25
Assigning a print queue to the printer 25
Example installation for a typical BSD UNIX system 27
Printer configuration 29
Extracting files from unix.tar 30
6 Windows 95 and Windows 98: PhaserPort Software
TCP/IP configuration for a PC 31
Setting the printer’s IP address 32
PhaserPort software installation 32
Adding a port for a new printer 34
Adding a port to an existing printer 35
Changing a port’s IP address 36
Contents

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PhaserShare Networking
7 Windows NT
Setting the printer’s IP address 37
Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on a Windows NT 4.0 server or workstation 37
Adding a Windows NT 4.0 driver on an NT 3.51 server 41
Adding a Windows NT 3.x driver 43
8 Setting the Printer’s IP Addressing Parameters
Setting IP parameters from the front panel 48
Setting IP parameters: RARP or BOOTP 49
Setting IP parameters: DHCP 51
Supported BOOTP/DHCP fields 53
Setting IP parameters: PostScript utility file (UNIX only) 54
Setting IP parameters: PhaserLink Printer Management Software 56
DNS 57
9 PhaserLink Printer Management Software
Accessing printer information from a browser 59
PhaserLink Printer Management software help files 60
Setting printer parameters: PhaserLink software pages 61
Information Forwarding 61
Index

Setup Guide
1
Chapter
1
Introduction
This guide provides information to help you quickly install the Tektronix
Phaser 840 color printer in the following environments:
■
EtherTalk, LocalTalk, and TokenTalk
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Novell NetWare
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UNIX
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Windows 95 and Windows 98
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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
2
PhaserShare Networking
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”.
■
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.
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For NetWare environments. To speed the setup process and avoid
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
1.
When the front panel displays READY TO PRINT , press the
down-arrow button until Menu is highlighted. Press Select .
2.
Press the down-arrow button until Printer Configuration is
highlighted. Press Select .
3.
Press the down-arrow button until Print Configuration Page is
highlighted. Press Select .

Introduction
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Setup Guide
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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 Printer Management
software.
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PhaserLink Status Notification. PhaserLink Printer Management
Software provides PhaserLink Status 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 Printer Management software, or you can
obtain them automatically via email.
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PhaserLink PDF Direct Printing. This feature provides
drag-and-drop printing of PDF and PostScript files from your web
browser in Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments. Just drag any
hotlink for a PDF or PostScript file from the browser to the PhaserLink
PDF Direct Printing icon on the desktop to print the file on your
Tektronix printer. There is no need to access the URL or open the file.
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Intelligent Ready. With Intelligent Ready, the printer can monitor
usage and automatically warm up when you are most likely to need it.
You can turn Intelligent Ready on or off from the printer’s front panel.
Using PhaserLink Printer Management Software, you can control
when the printer automatically warms up.
For more information on these features, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual
on the printer’s CD-ROM.

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Introduction
4
PhaserShare Networking
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 071-0180-01).
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 Printer Management Software online help . HTML files supplied
on the printer’s CD-ROM. See “PhaserLink Printer Management software help
files” on page 60.
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