Printer Controller; Roles Of The Printer Controller - Olivetti d-Color MF551 Printing Manual

2.1

Printer controller

2 Overview
This chapter describes the overview and connection environment of the printer controller that provides the
printer function.
2.1 Printer controller
The printer controller is a device that enables the printing and network printing functions on this machine.
2.1.1

Roles of the printer controller

Incorporating the printer controller enables this machine to function as a printing system, allowing printing
using applications on the computer connected to this machine. When using this machine as a network
printer, you can print using applications on the computer.
The printer controller provides the following functions.
- Printing data sent from a printer driver on a computer
- Support of network protocols including TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6), IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk
- Printing via a network using Web service (Windows Vista/Server 2008), SMB (Windows), LPR or IPP
printing
- Configuring settings for this machine and the printer controller from a client computer via the network
(using a Web browser)
- Control of the number of pages to be printed (the User Authentication and Account Track functions)
- Fax operations using a computer (PC-FAX transmission)
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Reference
To use the fax function, the optional fax kit is required. For details on the PC-FAX transmission, refer to the
"User's Guide [Fax Driver Operations]".
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