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Chapter 5. Configuring Your AIX Network
System Requirements
©Copyright IBM Corp. 1996
This chapter explains how to integrate the IBM Network Color Printer into
your AIX network environment. Read this chapter if your network uses an
AIX server to provide print services to the workstations, PCs, and
Macintoshes on the network.
If your AIX 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 User's Guide for instructions on configuring the
end-user computers.
This section describes the requirements for integrating the IBM Network
Color Printer into an AIX network. To successfully perform this integration,
you must have one of the following configurations:
• An Ethernet network and an AIX server that provides print services to
users of the network. If this is your network configuration, skip the rest of
this section and go directly to "Overview of AIX Network Configuration
(Ethernet)" on page 5–3.
• A token-ring network and an AIX server that provides print services to
users of the network. If this is your network configuration, 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
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. Once the protocol adapter
is configured and attached, it becomes visible as a token-ring-attached
printer on the network.
Chapter 5. Configuring Your AIX Network
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