Ethertalk Environment; Ethertalk Printing; Configuring Ethertalk; Configuring The Printer - Ricoh Aficio SP 5100N User Manual

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EtherTalk environment

EtherTalk is AppleTalk used in an Ethernet network. This
protocol is widely used in Macintosh network environments.
Microsoft Windows system also supports this protocol. Like
TCP/IP, EtherTalk also provides packet transmission and routing
functionality.
The network printer card works on EtherTalk networks, if the
host printer supports PostScript. The description in this chapter
applies to network printing from a Macintosh computer.

EtherTalk printing

Printing in an EtherTalk network is possible with several
different hardware and software configurations. When you
issue a command to print a document, the application begins a
series of EtherTalk calls attempting to establish a connection to
the printer. The calls first initiate the NBP (Name Binding
Protocol) name-lookup process to find the currently selected
printer and its EtherTalk address. Then the Printer Access
Protocol (PAP) is used to open a connection with the printer.
Once the connection has been established, the workstation and
printer interact over a PAP connection. PAP uses lower-level
protocols, such as ATP and DDP, to provide a data-stream
service for sending print data to the printer.

Configuring EtherTalk

You can configure EtherTalk using the following methods:

Control Panel

Refer to the Network Menu setting in your printer user's guide.
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1
Run your web browser.
2
Enter the printer's IP address in the URL field and click Go.
3
Select Network Settings
• EtherTalk Protocol: allows you to enable or disable
the EtherTalk protocol.
• Printer Name: allows you to set the printer name for
EtherTalk protocol. The default name is RNP+MAC
address. This name is automatically displayed on
Chooser.
• Printer Type: shows the printer type.
• Last Error Occurred: shows the last error.
EtherTalk.
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EtherTalk environment
• RTMP: allows you to set the time in seconds after which
the routing table entry maintained by the RTMP protocol
times out.
• ZIP (current zone): shows the AppleTalk Zone name.
If there is no configured zone, *(asterisk) should be
displayed.
• PAP (wait time before transmitting a tickle
packet): enables you to define the time interval in
seconds after which the PAP protocol should resend a
tickle packet to verify the status of the PAP connection
between the printer and your Macintosh.
4
Click Apply.

Configuring the printer

Note
: The following instructions are for Mac OS 10.3, but
similar for other versions.
The following steps must be taken to configure the network
printer for use on a Macintosh system. If the network printer
you want to use is not listed in the printer pop-up menu when
you try to print a document, you should add it to your list of
available printers.
1
Open System Preferences and click Print & Fax.
2
Click Printing Set Up Printers.
3
If the printer already appears in the printer list, select the
In Menu check box to add it to your list of available
printers. You will see the printer in the Printer pop-up
menu the next time you print.
4
Choose Printers Add Printer.
5
Choose AppleTalk from the pop-up menu list on the top.
6
If necessary, choose an AppleTalk zone from the pop-up
menu that appears directly below it. Any AppleTalk printers
in the zone you have chosen appear in the Printer List.
7
Select the printer in the Printer List.
8
To use printer-specific features, choose the item
appropriate for your printer from the Printer Model pop-up
menu, then select your printer in the Model Name list.
9
Click Add.
The printer appears in the Printer List as the default
printer (in boldface). It also appears in the Printer pop-up
menu when you print a document.