IBM Network Color Printer Administrator's Manual page 38

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4. See the documentation that came with AIX for instructions on creating a
Print queue with which to provide print services to a Token-Ring-attached
network printer.
5. Have PC and workstation end users install the PostScript Level 2 Printer
Driver and connect it to the Print queue that you created. Instructions for
installing the driver are in the User's Guide . The User's Guide also
contains instructions for installing the utilities; however, users on a token-
ring network should not do so, because the utilities are not supported over
the parallel port.
You have completed the protocol adapter attachment procedure. The
remainder of this section does not apply to you, so skip to "Configuring the
IBM Network Color Printer" on page 6–1.
Attach Your AIX Server Directly to the Printer's Parallel Port
Follow these steps to do so:
1. Use a parallel cable to attach the printer to the server. To assure FCC
compliance, use IBM part number 68x3949. Other parallel cables,
although they may work, may not comply with FCC regulations.
With this configuration, the Spooler and Downloader utilities
Note:
cannot communicate with the printer.
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. See the documentation that came with AIX for instructions on creating a
Print queue with which to provide print services to a parallel-attached
printer.
4. Have end users install the PostScript Level 2 Printer Driver and connect
to the print queue that you created. Instructions for installing the printer
driver are in the User's Guide . The User's Guide also contains
instructions for installing the utilities, however users on a token-ring
network should not do so, because the parallel port does not support the
utilities.
You have completed the steps for parallel attachment. Go to "Configuring
the IBM Network Color Printer" on page 6–1.