Supported Operating Systems; Understanding Phaserlink Remote Internet Printing Software Fundamental Concepts; Clients And Servers; Email Servers - Tektronix Phaser 360 User Manual

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PhaserLink Remote Internet Printing Software Overview

Supported operating systems

Understanding PhaserLink Remote Internet Printing Software
fundamental concepts

Clients and servers

Understanding Clients and Servers
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For this software release, PhaserLink Remote Internet Printing software is available
only for Windows 95.
It is beyond the scope of this manual to explain in detail how to install email servers.
You can refer to your operating system's documentation and your email
application's documentation for further details. However, this section does supply
the fundamental concepts of email communication between client PCs and remote
printers, so you can properly install and configure PhaserLink Remote Internet
Printing Software.
The first concept you should understand is client versus server. The following table
explains this concept in both general terms and in terms of PhaserLink Remote
Internet Printing Software.
General
PhaserLink Remote
Internet Printing Software

Email servers

Email servers receive email from and send email to clients. When the email moves
from client to server or vice versa, the email is transferred using a particular protocol
that defines how the message is handled. For PhaserLink Remote Internet Printing
Software, you need to have email servers that support two email protocols:
SMTP protocol : SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This
protocol is used for email communication over the Internet and for email
from clients to server.
POP3 protocol : POP3 stands for version 3 of the Post Office Protocol. This
protocol is used for email communication from server to clients.
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It is possible for one email server to support both the SMTP and POP3 email
protocols.
Client
a piece of hardware or
software that requests a
service from another piece
of hardware or software
a PC that sends a print job
to a remote printer
Server
a piece of hardware or
software that provides a
service for a client
email servers
PhaserLink Remote
Internet Printing Server
on each remote printer