Network Printing Environment - Black Box LEP0000A User Manual

2.5 Network Printing Environment

Three common network environments are described below.
• Windows peer-to-peer network:
Since both the print server and client's PTPP driver fully support IPX, TCP/IP,
and NetBEUI protocols, when printing, the PTPP driver will automatically
search and match up the protocol for both client and print server's sides
(shown in Figure 2-8). PTPP is shown in gray.
PTPP
NetBEUI
Windows NT
Workstation
Figure 2-8. Connect different client and print server protocols
(TCP/IP, IPX, and NetBEUI) together via PTPP.
• Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP network:
The network printing function will become available after the PTPP driver is
installed into Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. Adding this
printing function to the Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP server
lets you use print queue, user authority management, and many other
advanced features. See Figure 2-9.
* TCP/IP
* IPX
* NetBEUI
Unix
TCP/IP
PTPP
IPX
Windows 2000 Windows 98
NetWare Server
IPX
PTPP
TCP/IP
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TCP/IP
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