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Tektronix Phaser 350 Manual

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Tektronix Phaser 350 Printer
Section 1. Tektronix Phaser 350 Color Printer Configuration
1-1.
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1-2.
Using an Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-2.1. Connecting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1-2.2. Configure Printer (8.5 Level Systems and Later) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1-2.3.
Add Printer to Printer Manager Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1-2.7. Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1-3.
Using a Parallel Port Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
1-3.1. Connecting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
1-4.
Miscellaneous Phaser 350 Printer Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1-4.1. Printing a Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
1-4.2. Suppressing a Configuration Page at Startup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    1-4. Miscellaneous Phaser 350 Printer Notes....... . . 1-22 1-4.1. Printing a Configuration Page ........1-22 1-4.2.

  • Page 2: Overview

    Printer Configuration 1-1. Overview The Tektronix Phaser 350 color printer (hereafter known as a Phaser 350) can be used to print screencopies and text files (such as reports, reviews, and UNIX files). The Phaser 350 printer can be connected to a system network through an Ethernet, or directly to a WEStation through the WEStation’s parallel port.

  • Page 3: Using An Ethernet Connection

    1. Optional Ethernet internal hardware (a PhaserShare card) must be installed in the Phaser 350 printer before it can be used on an Ethernet. If a PhaserShare card is installed in the printer, the interface shown in Figure 1-1 will be visible on the back of your printer.
  • Page 4 1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection Set IP Address 5. Use Steps 6 through Step 16 to set the printer’s IP address. 6. Press the button. The front panel displays Menu Entering Menu and then Help Pages. Notes • If the menu does not display as anticipated, it may be “locked.”...
  • Page 5 000.000.000.000 since this will cause the printer to use Dynamic Address Resolution to set its IP address (refer to the Tektronix System Administrator manual for details). 12. Press the button to set the left-most digit of the address.

  • Page 6: 1-2.2. Configure Printer (8.5 Level Systems And Later)

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.2. Configure Printer (8.5 Level Systems and Later) This section provides instructions for configuring the printer so that WEStation software can print to it. 1. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to define the desired printers for the Printer Manager.
  • Page 7 E. Enter teksc (screencopy printer name) in the Printer entry field and select the Apply button. F. Select Printer Connection from the Display menu. G. Select the Tektronix 240 (Screencopy) printer from the Printer Model menu (the Tektronix 240 choice will select the Tektronix 350 printer). H. Select the Apply button.
  • Page 8 1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 2. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to create and install the files needed by the WDPF Printer Manager. If necessary, refer to the “Using the Install Configuration on Software Server Function” section of the U0-8300 or R3-1105 manual.
  • Page 9 1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 3. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to download the required files to the Printer Manager target drop. If necessary, refer to the “Using the Download Configuration to Drops Function” section of the U0-8300 or R3-1105 manual. A.

  • Page 10: 1-2.3. Add Printer To Printer Manager Drop

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.3. Add Printer to Printer Manager Drop 1. Decide which drop will be the “printer host.” This will typically be the drop containing the Printer Manager Package. 2. The /etc/hosts file on the target drop that will function as the Printer Manager must be edited to assign the network number and the printer’s logical name(s).

  • Page 11: 1-2.4. Configure Printer As A Screencopy Printer At Printer Manager Drop

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.4. Configure Printer as a Screencopy Printer at Printer Manager Drop Note Do NOT use the Solaris admintool to configure the printer. 3. Become Superuser and enter the following to set up a UNIX printer queue named teksc: <applicable password>...

  • Page 12: 1-2.5. Configure Printer As A Text Printer At Printer Manager Drop

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.5. Configure Printer as a Text Printer at Printer Manager Drop Note Do NOT use the Solaris admintool to configure the printer. 5. Enter the following to set up a UNIX printer queue named tektext: <applicable password>...

  • Page 13: 1-2.6. Adding A Text Printer To Another Drop (Non-Printer Manager Drop)

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.6. Adding a Text Printer to Another Drop (Non-Printer Manager Drop) Perform the following to make print requests from a command line at a non-Printer Manager drop: 1. Become superuser at the drop and use a text editor to edit the /etc/hosts file as shown in the example below (replacing the printer’s IP address with the printer address selected for your network): <applicable password>...

  • Page 14: 1-2.7. Checking Printer Status

    1-2. Using an Ethernet Connection 1-2.7. Checking Printer Status You can check the status of a network Phaser 350 printer by performing either of the following (refer to the Tektronix System Administration Manual or Phaser Share Software Status book for details): 1.

  • Page 15: Using A Parallel Port Connection

    Use the following procedure to connect the Phaser 350 printer to a WEStation through the WEStation parallel port: 1. Use an appropriate cable or adaptor to connect the Phaser 350 printer to the parallel port in the back of the WEStation. The following parts are available from Tektronix: •...
  • Page 16 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 5. The Admintool:Users window displays (see Figure 1-2). The Solaris 2.5 Admintool program allows users to configure printers to print using the UNIX spooling system. 6. Pull down the menu on the Admintool:Users window and select the Browse menu.
  • Page 17 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 7. Pull down the Edit menu on the Admintool:Printers window and select Slide the cursor to the right to display another menu. From this menu, select Local Printer 8. The window appears (see the example in Figure Admintool:Add Local Printer 1-4).
  • Page 18 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 9. Make the recommended settings (described in Table 1-1) and select Add to configure the printer. Table 1-1. UNIX Admintool:Add Local Printer Window Settings Tektronix Phaser 350 Color Printer Option Setting Printer Name User-defined Printer Server User-defined...
  • Page 19 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 10. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to define the desired printers for the Printer Manager. If necessary, refer to the “Using the Define Software Configuration Function” section of the U0-8300 or R3-1105 manual. Note Verify that the software package “Log Server Printer Manager”...
  • Page 20 K. To define a text printer (that will actually be the same physical printer as teksc), repeat Steps E through J, but enter tektext in the Printer entry field, and select Tektronix 240 (Text) printer from the Printer Model menu (the Tektronix 240 choice will select the Tektronix 350 printer).
  • Page 21 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 11. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to create and install the files needed by the WDPF Printer Manager. If necessary, refer to the “Using the Install Configuration on Software Server Function” section of the U0-8300 or R3-1105 manual.
  • Page 22 1-3. Using a Parallel Port Connection 12. Use the WDPF or Ovation Admin Tool to download the required files to the Printer Manager target drop. If necessary, refer to the “Using the Download Configuration to Drops Function” section of the U0-8300 or R3-1105 manual. A.

  • Page 23: Miscellaneous Phaser 350 Printer Notes

    1-4. Miscellaneous Phaser 350 Printer Notes 1-4. Miscellaneous Phaser 350 Printer Notes 1-4.1. Printing a Configuration Page Once a printer queue has been set up, the configuration page can be printed by entering the following in a shell tool: (to print the configuration) lp -dteksc /usr/lib/teksupp/prntcnfg.ps...

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