Changing The Printer's Name (Optional) - Tektronix Phaser 850 Setup Manual

Changing the printer's name (optional)

There are three ways to change the printer's name:
Use the Apple Printer Utility; see Changing the printer's name: Apple Printer Utility
on page 29.
With a TCP/IP connection and a World Wide Web browser, you can use PhaserLink
Printer Management Software; see Changing the printer's name: PhaserLink Printer
Management Software on page 30.
The name is reported on the Startup Page and Configuration Page; the name also appears
in the Chooser. The name can be up to 31 characters long. It may contain any printable
characters; however, the characters @ : = * are deleted from the name used on
AppleTalk. A change is persistent across printer power cycles.
Notes regarding printer names
If you have more than one printer in the same zone and you choose a name for one
printer that is already assigned to another, the second printer registers itself on the
network with the number 1 appended to the name. For example, if you attempt to
assign a printer the name Tektronix and another printer in the zone already has the
same name, the printer you are naming appears on the network as Tektronix-1.
The added number is recalculated each time the printer is turned on. If you have
more than one printer with the same name on the network, the printers' names on the
network depend on the order in which the printers are turned on. To avoid this
confusion, it is recommended that you assign each printer on the network a unique
name.
The added number appears in the Chooser, on the printer's front panel, and on the
Startup Page. On the Configuration Page, the name, without the characters @ : = *,
and with the added number, appears in the EtherTalk or TokenTalk areas. The
Printer Name under General Information is the name as it was set, not as it appears
in the Chooser.
Changing the printer's name: Apple Printer Utility
1.
Locate the Apple Printer Utility, included on your printer's CD-ROM.
2.
Double-click the Apple Printer Utility icon; the Printer Selector window is displayed.
3.
Select the zone (if applicable) and the printer. Click Open Printer; a dialog box is
displayed containing Printer Information and Printer Preferences.
4.
Click the triangle to the left of Printer Preferences. Click the triangle to the left of
Name; this displays a dialog box containing a field for the printer's name. Enter the
new name in the field.
5.
Click Send.
6.
To reselect the printer with its new name, open the Chooser.
Networking Setup Guide
EtherTalk and TokenTalk Configuration
29