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Fiery SI on an IPX network
This chapter describes environments that typically include one or more network
servers—Novell NetWare servers and Windows NT servers—that will share printing to
the Fiery SI Color Server. It describes setting up servers that use IPX/SPX or TCP/IP
protocols for communicating with the Fiery SI. In addition, it includes some
guidelines for setting up direct communication from Windows NT workstations and
UNIX workstations, where a network server is optional.
It also outlines the requirements for network clients so they can print to the servers and
run Fiery SI utilities. Where appropriate, you are referred to Getting Started and User
Guide for details.
If your network is based on Windows NT, skip to page 3-17. If your network includes
UNIX workstations, skip to page 3-28.
Fiery SI on an IPX network
Novell NetWare, the IPX networking operating system, includes NetWare’s Queue
Management Services, which handle printing. Fiery SI supports NetWare versions
3.11 and 3.12 directly. It supports version 4.x in bindery emulation mode (see “Setting
the NetWare 4.x bindery context” on page 3-6).
IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange) is one of the
protocols the Fiery SI supports directly, and it is provided with Windows 95.
NetWare clients print to the Fiery SI through the Novell network server. Server setup
and client network setup are outlined here. Client printing setup is described in
Getting Started, and printing is described in the User Guide.
Fiery SI can accept IPX print jobs concurrently with jobs sent through AppleTalk and
TCP/IP protocols. Macintosh computers on the same network as a NetWare server can
use AppleTalk to communicate with the NetWare server if NetWare for Macintosh is
installed, or they can print directly to the color server.
Chapter 3:
Setting up
network servers
