Configuring Tcp/Ip On A Unix Host - Tektronix Phaser 300i Service Manual

Configuring TCP/IP on a UNIX host
Alternately, you can use a utility called PCONSOLE to perform the same
configuration. However, using PCONSOLE, you will not "see" and select the
printer on the network as you did in Step 4. Instead, you must enter the print
server name (TEKxxxxxx) of the printer as it is shown on the printer's
configuration page. (Refer to the topic "Printing the configuration page" on
page 6-46 for details on printing the configuration page.)
This is a brief overview of the steps you follow to configure the host and the
printer for TCP/IP network. The Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers User
Manual gives the step-by-step procedure you follow to perform this
configuration. You will first configure the host and then the printer.
Configuring the host
1.
Add the printer name to the host table (/etc/host) and assign an IP
address to the printer's name.
2. Assign a print queue to the printer by editing the /etc/printcap file.
Configuring the printer
1.
Authorize the TCP/IP protocol. This will have already been done at
the factory if the Option P2 was purchased with the printer. For a
TCP/IP protocol field upgrade you will have to perform this
procedure at the customer site. This is done locally through the serial,
parallel or LocalTalk port.
2. Set the printer's IP address. This is done remotely from the host. You
manually execute a script that creates a PostScript file which you will
send to the printer to load the IP address into the printer's NVRAM.
Alternately, you can create a RARP or BOOTP configuration file to
automatically configure the printer's IP address (although it will not
be stored in the printer's NVRAM).
3. Optionally, configure the printer's TCP/IP parameters:
lpr, the host access table (if the customer site uses lpr).
AppSocket, the printer language(s) supported by the printer (if the
customer site uses AppSocket).
Syslog, collect printer information for the network administrator.
SNMP, allow the administrator to query and control the printer's status
remotely.
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