GE Senographe DS Manual page 586

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Job Card ELE A020 - Declare and Set Printers (Filming Devices)
6 PROCEDURE
6-1 Test the Network Connection to the Printer
Once a network printer is connected to the network and set with an IP address, it must respond to TCP/
IP messages from another Host on the network (e.g., the AWS). Before declaring a printer on the AWS,
check the network connection:
Enter the following ping command after the prompt:
ping <network_printer_IP_address>
where <network_printer_IP_address> is the IP address of the network printer (e.g. 192.100.9.5)
The reply is of the following format:
<Network printer IP address> is alive
Note:
When entering the printer IP address, do not enter leading zeros in any of the four numeric fields
separated by dots. For example, do not type in 192.100.009.005, but type 192.100.9.5 instead.
The "alive" answer from the system means that the Network printer can be reached from the Acquisition
Workstation system through the network.
If the system displays "unknown host", your printer may not be correctly declared on the network.
If the system displays "Network unreachable", you probably have given the printer an IP address incom-
patible with your Review Workstation IP address. Check that they belong to the same network,
192.100.9.X, for example.
6-2 Declare the DICOM Printers to the AWS
• From the Browser, click the Tools menu button
Dicom printer selection window:
• Click the Add button to display the DICOM Printer parameters window (Illustration 1).
• Complete the different fields according to the information given by the DICOM Printer manufacturer.
For text entries, click in the required field and type the text; click check boxes to select/deselect them.
• Click Clear to clear all fields, Save to store the entered information, and Done to exit and return to the
Printer Selection window.
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, then click Printer Management to display the
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