Cabling The Printer; Connecting The Printer To A Macintosh; Localtalk Connection To A Macintosh; Ethernet Connection To A Macintosh - Tektronix Phaser 380 Service Manual

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Installing the Printer and Drivers

Cabling the printer

Connecting the printer to a Macintosh

2-10 Phaser 380 Color Printer
Note
Carry spare serial and parallel cables and network adapters.
You can use them if you encounter a defective cable or as an alternate
means of testing the printer-to-host communications.
This topic explains making a hardware connection between the printer and its
host computer, setting the communication parameters for the printer's serial and
parallel ports to be compatible with the user's host computer and driver
installation. This topic is divided into three main parts: Macintosh, PC, and
workstation.

LocalTalk connection to a Macintosh

1. Turn off the printer. LocalTalk protocol requires that you attach the
LocalTalk cable with the printer powered off.
2. For a direct connection, attach the interface cable or adapter to the host
computer's LocalTalk port. (The port has a printer icon printed next to
it.) Attach the other end to the printer's LocalTalk port.
For a LocalTalk network connection, attach the network adapter to the
printer's LocalTalk port.
3. Turn on the printer and the computer.

Ethernet connection to a Macintosh

Note
For an Ethernet connection, the printer must have the optional
Phaser Share Ethernet card installed.
1. Turn off the printer. Ethernet protocol requires that you attach the
Ethernet cable with the printer powered off.
2.
Attach the Ethernet cable to the printer's Ethernet port. A ThinNet
(10base2) or Twisted Pair (10baseT) network adapter to connect to one
of the printer's two Ethernet connectors.
3. Turn on the printer. During the printer's boot-up process, the printer's
network name is displayed in the Mac's Chooser and its node address
is resolved with the network. If the network has multiple zones, the
network router assigns the printer a default zone name. The printer's
configuration page lists the zone name. The topic, "Printing the
configuration page" on page 9-5, explains printing this page.