Connecting Network Cable To The Rip Station - Epson RIP Station 5100 Administrator's Manual

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1-11 Connecting network cable to the RIP Station

Connecting network cable to the RIP Station
The following steps should be completed before you configure the RIP Station and the
workstations that will print to the RIP Station.
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1. Print a printer test page to make sure the printer is functioning normally.
See your Printer Guide for more information.
2. Turn off the printer and connect the interface cable from the printer to the
RIP Station.
3. To confirm this connection, turn on the printer and the RIP Station, and print a Test
Page from the Control Panel.
To print a Test Page, press the Menu button on the Control Panel to display the
Functions menu. (See "RIP Station Setup from the Control Panel" on page 3-2.)
Choose Print Pages, and then Test Page.
4. With both the printer and the RIP Station turned off, connect the network cable to the
RIP Station, as described in the next section.
The network should already be installed and operational.
5. Turn on the printer and then the RIP Station.
6. Prepare network servers to share RIP Station user software and to enable networked
users to print to the RIP Station, and proceed to Setup.
See Chapters 3 and 4 for details.
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