Pc Online Interface; Macintosh Workstations; Appletalk Network Interface - Xerox 4050 Product Reference

NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
Non-Ethernet LAN
PC
PC

PC online interface

Macintosh workstations

AppleTalk network interface

Communication protocols
4-8
Figure 4-8.
Front end
Communication
processor
module
Datastreams Datastreams are handled the same as described with the Ethernet
interface above.
There is a third-party interface that allows a PC to be connected
directly to an LPS in an online configuration. Contact The Xerox
Connection or your Xerox representative for connectivity and
application software information for this configuration.
Macintosh PCs are generally connected to an AppleTalk network.
They may also be configured to connect to Ethernet. The type
of LAN you use in your facility depends on the number of
Macintosh PCs you want to connect to the LPS. If you want only
a few of your Macintosh PCs to be capable of sending
documents to the LPS, then an Ethernet connection may be
more cost effective. If you have a large number of Macintosh
PCs in your facility and you require all of them to be capable of
transmitting to the printer, it is less expensive to use AppleTalk
and convert to Ethernet through a communication module.
The standard Macintosh LAN configuration is through AppleTalk,
as shown in figure 4-9. Most networked Macintosh PCs use
AppleTalk to communicate with a printer.
The LPS does not accept input directly from an AppleTalk
network. AppleTalk must first be converted to Ethernet, so a
communication module such as Shiva's FASTPATH is necessary.
FASTPATH converts AppleTalk communication protocols into
TCP/IP protocol on Ethernet. The TCP/IP print jobs can then be
converted into XNS print jobs by a front end processor.
PC non-Ethernet network interface
Laser Printing System
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