Fiery Si On A Network With Unix Workstations; Tips For Experts-Unix Workstations - Fiery 750DP - Phaser Color Laser Printer Administration Manual

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3-28 Setting up network servers

Fiery SI on a network with UNIX workstations

When a UNIX workstation is configured with the lpd protocol, and connected to the
Fiery SI using TCP/IP, it can print directly to the Fiery SI. While in theory each UNIX
workstation can also act as a print server to TCP/IP clients, in practice it's simpler for
all TCP/IP users to print directly to the Fiery SI. The Fiery SI spools print jobs, so it is
already behaving as a print server.
Setting up UNIX workstations requires an administrator with root privileges. After the
initial configuration, UNIX users simply submit print jobs to a named printer.
The Fiery SI utilities (Fiery XJ Spooler, Fiery XJ Print Calibrator, Fiery XJ
Downloader) are not currently available on the UNIX platform. However, a
Windows NT Workstation or Windows NT Server computer set up to use TCP/IP for
printing to the Fiery SI can also use the Fiery XJ Downloader to download files and
fonts and use the Fiery XJ Spooler to manage print jobs that originate from all
workstations on the network. The basic procedures for setting up printing and
installing remote utilities are given on page 3-25 and in Getting Started.
Tips for experts—UNIX workstations
Setting up the Fiery SI in a UNIX environment has the same requirements as setting
up any printer or new device:
• A distinct IP address is needed for the Fiery SI as well as for each workstation on the
network.
• You select a Fiery SI name that goes with the IP address.
• The IP address must be registered for the network in a host database, and also on the
Fiery SI itself.
The following information pertains especially to the Fiery SI:
• Fiery SI is a PostScript printer controller that understands lpd protocols.
• Fiery SI has an internal (machine) name you must determine before you can communi-
cate with it successfully.
See the next section for details.