Cabling The Printer; Connecting The Printer To A Macintosh; Localtalk Connection To A Macintosh; Ethernet Connection To A Macintosh - Tektronix Phaser 360 Service Manual

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Installing the Printer and Drivers

Cabling the printer

Connecting the printer to a Macintosh

2-10 Phaser 360 Color Printer
Note
Carry spare 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 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 LocalTalk network connection, attach the network adapter to the
printer's LocalTalk port.
3.
Turn on the printer.

Ethernet connection to a Macintosh

Note If the optional Ethernet or TokenRing card is installed, the built-in
Ethernet connector is disabled.
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 active Ethernet port. A
ThickNet (10base 5) cable requires a 10base 5-to-ThinNet (10base2) or
Twisted Pair (10baseT) network adapter to connect to the printer's
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.