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4-20
Setting up Network Servers
T
O
SET
UP
TCP/IP
FOR
COMMUNICATION
WITH
THE
P
I
6500 P
RO
1.
A superuser (with root login) must add the Pi6500 Pro to the network’s IP host table
or other system database of network printers.
2.
In the file or utility used by your network, specify the remote printer name, the print
server protocol, the queue, and the spool file for the Pi6500 Pro name you assigned.
3.
Make the Pi6500 Pro available as a printer to other network users.
4.
To verify the TCP/IP connection, ping the IP address or the host name. From any
computer on the network, at the command prompt, type:
ping <IP address>
Type the Pi6500 Pro IP address assigned in Pi6500 Pro Network Setup.
After the Pi6500 Pro is set up as a network printer, you can also ping the name you
gave to the Pi6500 Pro.
ping <hostname>
The server should respond with a message such as:
<IP address> is alive
Some systems will respond with a continuous display of output from the IP address. To
stop the output, type
Control-C.
You can use the
ping
command at any time.
T
O
TO
THE
P
I
6500 P
RO
•
On a UNIX system running SunOS 4 or other BSD-based variant, use the lpr command
to send a job to the Pi6500 Pro.
•
On a UNIX system running Solaris 2 or any System V implementation of UNIX, use the
lp command to send a job to the Pi6500 Pro.
•
Windows NT 4.0 users with the TCP/IP protocol loaded can send print jobs to a
Pi6500 Pro from their applications or from a command prompt.
Printing from applications uses the Windows NT PostScript driver. This gives
Windows NT 4.0 users the ability to set print options, which is not possible from the
command line.
