About This Manual - EFI Pi6500 Pro Configuration Manual

xiv Introduction
• Support for PCL and PostScript
PCL (Printer Control Language) and PostScript are both page description languages—
computer languages that control the transfer of information from the computer to the
controller. Both PCL and PostScript, along with separate sets of fonts, are standard
with the Pi6500 Pro.
• Support for Windows (SMB) printing
Windows printing, also known as SMB (Server Message Block) printing, allows you to
print on TCP/IP networks using built-in Microsoft networking support and without
additional network software. Printing using SMB allows you to print from your
computer to a particular connection (Hold, Print, or Direct) on the Pi6500 Pro.
SMB is not supported on Windows 2000.
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About this manual

This manual includes guidelines on the following topics:
• Basic configuration of the Pi6500 Pro to support printing over AppleTalk, TCP/IP,
and IPX (Novell) networks
• Setting up a parallel port connection
• Configuring Novell and Windows NT 4.0 servers and UNIX systems to provide
Pi6500 Pro printing services
• Administering network printing
• Using the Pi6500 Pro in mixed network environments
• Setting up a Token Ring connection
The network guidelines in this manual are not intended to replace the services
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of an experienced network engineer.