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Introduction
Your EPSON Stylus Color 980N Professional Series printer is the ideal output device
for business graphics, digital photographs, and more. It includes a built-in EpsonNet
10/100 Base TX Internal Print Server that lets your printer communicate using a
variety of Ethernet protocols. The EpsonNet configuration software and additional
utilities let you manage all your network printers, monitor printer status, and print
across the internet.
How To Use Your Documentation
To set up your EPSON Stylus Color 980N printer and install the network software
needed for printing, see the following sections:
Setting Up Your Printer
explains how to physically set up the printer and connect it
to the network.
Installing the Network Software
describes the EpsonNet software utilities (for
Windows
®
95, 98, 2000, NT
®
4.0, and Apple
®
Macintosh
®
). Follow these
instructions to install the software and configure your printer for protocols including
Novell
®
NetWare,
®
TCP/IP, and AppleTalk.
®
Installing the Printer Driver on the Workstations
tells you how to install the printer
driver on each networked workstation. The printer driver runs the printer, controls
how documents look, and lets you configure the port settings so each workstation can
see the printer over the network.
Using Status Monitor 3 for Windows
tells you how to monitor a printer over the
network to check for low ink levels and other possible problems. Status Monitor 3
also lets you use TCP/IP for printing in Windows 95, 98, and 2000 peer-to-peer
networks.
After you’ve set up your system as described in this book, see the
Administrator’s
Manual
for additional network, configuration, and Ethernet card information. An
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