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Pi6500 Pro on a TCP/IP network with Windows NT 4.0
Adding the Pi6500 Pro to the TCP/IP network
If your TCP/IP network consists of Windows NT 4.0 servers and Windows NT 4.0
clients, use the directions in this section. If the network includes UNIX workstations,
also check the directions on page 4-18.
T
O
ADD
THE
P
I
6500 P
RO
TO
A
TCP/IP
NETWORK
WITH
A
W
INDOWS
NT 4.0
SERVER
1.
Register the IP address of the Pi6500 Pro in the host name database used by
your system.
The
hosts
file maps remote devices to IP addresses. Users can then communicate with
any device over TCP/IP by using the host name rather than having to remember its
IP address.
For installations that do not have a network administrator or a central host name
database, add the Pi6500 Pro to the
hosts
file on the Windows NT 4.0 server. Also add
it to the
hosts
file on any workstations that have TCP/IP loaded and will use the Fiery
utilities.
The Windows NT
hosts
file provides compatibility with the UNIX
hosts
file. The
hosts
file is used as a local Domain Name Services (DNS) equivalent. It has the same
format as the
/etc/hosts
file on UNIX servers. The format of the hosts entry is:
IP Address<TAB>host name<TAB>#comments
where
<TAB>
indicates that you press the Tab key.
To determine the IP Address and Server Name of your system, print a Configuration
page from the Pi6500 Pro Control Panel (see page 2-46).
N
OTE
:
If the Pi6500 Pro has already been defined in an
/etc/hosts
file or equivalent
host name database on a UNIX workstation on your network, use the same host name
here as you used for the name of the remote printer in the /
etc/printcap
file.
2.
On the Pi6500 Pro Control Panel, perform Server Setup, Network Setup and Printer
Setup to support TCP/IP printing.
Enter the options in Protocol Setup (IP address of the Pi6500 Pro, subnet mask, and
gateway address).
