Tips For Experts—Ipx Networks - Fiery X2 Administrator's Manual

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4-2 Setting up Network Servers
The Fiery X2 can accept jobs concurrently from NetWare, Windows NT 4.0, and
AppleShare servers, as well as jobs sent directly from Windows NT 4.0 or UNIX
workstations. NetWare clients on Mac OS or Windows NT 4.0 computers can print
either via the NetWare server or directly.
The Fiery X2 can receive print jobs from NetWare clients over the Ethernet or Token
Ring network topologies. (Appendix A describes the Token Ring option.) During
Fiery X2 Setup, you select the frame type or types that will be used for communication
between the Fiery X2 and network servers. Frame type refers to the format of a
communications packet; frame types are specified in a startup file when the NetWare
server (or any other workstation) loads its network drivers.
In addition to printing, the client utilities—Fiery Downloader, Fiery Spooler, Fiery
Scan, and Fiery Print Calibrator—are available to Windows 95 users with IPX/SPX or
TCP/IP protocols loaded. With these utilities, Windows 95 workstations are
communicating with the Fiery X2 directly, not through the NetWare server.
Tips for experts—IPX networks
Setting up the Fiery X2 is similar to setting up another PostScript printer on the
network. The following information is all that experienced network administrators
need.
A Fiery X2 with IPX connections has these characteristics:
• Both NetWare 3.x and NetWare 4.x are supported directly. NetWare 4.x is also sup-
ported through bindery emulation.
• A minimum connection to the Fiery X2 consists of a NetWare file server, a NetWare
print server, and a NetWare queue.
• A single directory tree (for NetWare 4.x) and up to eight bindery servers can be
configured simultaneously.
This limit is the same regardless of whether the Fiery X2 is connected to the network
via Ethernet, via Token Ring, or both.