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Chapter 2. Configuring Your Novell Network
System Requirements
©Copyright IBM Corp. 1996
This chapter explains how to integrate the the IBM Network Color Printer
into your Novell NetWare network environment. Read this chapter if your
network uses a NetWare server to provide print services to workstations,
PCs, and Macintoshes on a network.
If your NetWare server does not provide print services, go straight to
"Configuring the IBM Network Color Printer" on page 6–1 to configure the
printer, and then see the IBM Network Color Printer: User's Guide for
instructions on configuring the end-user computers.
This section discusses the requirements for integrating the IBM Network
Color Printer into your Novell NetWare network. To make this integration
successfully, you must have one of the following configurations:
• An Ethernet network and a Novell NetWare file server using a frame type
of Ethernet_802.2, Ethernet_802.3, or Ethernet II.
The printer has built-in Ethernet support, so if this is your network
environment, continue to "Overview of Novell Network Configuration
(Ethernet)" on page 2–3.
• A token-ring network and a Novell NetWare server that provides print
services to users of the network. If this is your network environment, you
need a mechanism for attaching the printer to your token-ring network
through the printer's parallel port. There are two methods for
accomplishing this: using a protocol adapter and directly attaching your
NetWare Server to the Printer Parallel Port.
Using a Protocol Adapter
Protocol adapters are available from retail sources of PCs and network
equipment. To use a protocol adapter, follow these steps:
1. Attach the protocol adapter to the printer's parallel port and to your
token-ring network.
Notes:.
1. With this configuration, the Spooler and Downloader utilities
cannot communicate with the printer.
2. Performance using a network protocol adapter may not match
performance using the Ethernet attachment.
2. See "Configuring the IBM Network Color Printer" on page 6–1 and use
the information there to enable the printer's parallel port and connect it
to one of the printer's internal queues. The Print queue is the
recommended choice.
3. Configure the protocol adapter. For instructions, see the
documentation that came with the adapter. After the protocol adapter
is configured and attached, it becomes visible as a token-ring-attached
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