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Chapter 3. Configuring Your Windows NT Network
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General Configuration Tasks
The general configuration tasks you will perform to make the printer an
effective part of your network printing environment are:
1. Configure your printer.
By default, the AppleTalk and TCP/IP communication protocols are
already enabled, as are all of the printer queues. Using AppleTalk to
connect to the printer is recommended; in this case, no further printer
configuration is necessary.
If you want to attach to the printer using TCP/IP, you must give the printer
a unique TCP/IP address. In addition, you may want to configure the
printer in other ways, such as changing the name, disabling the Hold
queue, or configuring the job log.
To configure the printer, see “Configuring the IBM Network Color Printer”
on page 6–1.
2. Install the printer driver on your NT server, connect to the printer and
share the printer. Clients of the NT network server will use this printer. To
configure the server, see “Configuring Your Windows NT Server” on page
3–3.
3. After you have configured the server and the printer, have your end users
install the printer driver and color reference pages. If some end users will
submit jobs directly to the printer rather than through the NT server, those
end users may also want to install the Downloader and Spooler utilities.
The Downloader provides batch printing capabilities, and the Spooler
allows users to manage their jobs that are stored on the printer’s hard disk
in the Print, Hold, or Printed queues.
Configuring Your Windows NT Server
A Windows NT server is typically a PC that is configured to provide spooling,
queue management, and print services to clients. These clients can include
Windows, AIX, and Macintosh clients, among others.
This section discusses how to install the printer driver, connect to the printer,
and make the printer available to network clients.
Log in to the Windows NT server as an Administrator. Decide whether to
connect to the printer using AppleTalk or TCP/IP.
• If you will use AppleTalk, see “Installing the Printer Driver as an
AppleTalk Device on Your NT Server” on page 3–4. The procedure is
the same as that for installing any AppleTalk printer. It allows
Macintoshes to submit jobs to the NT server. Otherwise, Macintoshes
on the network must print directly to the IBM Network Color Printer,
bypassing the server.
• If you will install the printer as a TCP/IP device, see “Installing the
Printer Driver as a TCP/IP Device on Your NT Server” on page 3–7.