Important Note About The Remote Printer Name - Epson RIP Station 5100 Administrator's Manual

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5-16 Setting up Network Servers

Important note about the remote printer name

Whichever UNIX system you use, the name used for remote printer (or
/etc/printcap
print
hold
The remote printer or
workstation or server to connect to the RIP Station over TCP/IP. Enter the remote
printer name when you set up your Windows NT 4.0 printer, as the "Name of printer
or print queue on that (lpd host) server" in the Add LPR Compatible Printer dialog
box (see the Setup Guide).
Setting up the RIP Station on TCP/IP networks
Every machine (host) on a TCP/IP network, including the RIP Station, must have a
unique 32-bit internet address (IP address). Contact your network administrator to
obtain an address for the RIP Station. Workstations on a TCP/IP network can print
directly to the RIP Station as a remote printer, or can print to a Windows NT 4.0
server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server.
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1. Specify the appropriate settings in RIP Station Server Setup.
To access RIP Station Setup, see page 3-1.
2. Specify the appropriate settings in RIP Station Network Setup.
Run the Setups listed in the table on page 3-11 and make sure the RIP Station has a
valid IP address, subnet mask and gateway address.
3. Specify the appropriate settings in RIP Station Printer Setup.
Publish the Print queue and/or the Hold queue.
file) in configuring the RIP Station must be one of the following
rp name is also used when setting up your Windows NT 4.0
UNIX
SYSTEMS
:
rp in the
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