Ibm Pc And Pc-Compatible Workstations; Other Network Interfaces - Xerox 4050 Product Reference

IBM PC and PC-compatible workstations

Ethernet interface
Communication protocols
PC with Ethernet card
PC with Ethernet card

Other network interfaces

Communication protocols
XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS PRODUCT REFERENCE
PCs can be connected to an LPS with a network connection
(Ethernet or other) or in an online configuration using third-party
interface hardware and software.
A PC may be connected to an LPS through an Ethernet Local
Area Network.
Each PC on the Ethernet LAN requires its own Ethernet card. The
Ethernet TCP/IP print jobs are converted to Ethernet XNS print
jobs by the Entire FIBRE 400/600 front end.
A combination of Ethernet card and the Xerox XNS PC Plus 2.0
software package allows a PC to produce XNS protocol on
Ethernet. This configuration does not require a front end if it is
used with software applications that produce LCDS or Interpress
datastreams.
Figure 4-7.
Ethernet LAN
Front end
processor
Datastreams Most of the application software running on a PC in this
configuration produces PostScript datastreams. When using
PostScript applications, a front end is required to convert the
PostScript output.
PCs may be connected to networks other than Ethernet as
shown in figure 4-8, including a token ring.
Non-Ethernet networks require a communication module that can
convert to Ethernet. Generally, this type of communication
module converts the original network protocol to TCP/IP
protocol on Ethernet. This requires a front end that converts
TCP/IP to XNS.
PC Ethernet interface
Laser Printing System
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
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