Intermec 68788, User Manual

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Setting Up the Ethernet Adapter for a Macintosh Network
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This chapter describes how to set up your Ethernet adapter for printing in the
AppleTalk environment.
Installing Using the Chooser Window
To perform the basic configuration in the Apple EtherTalk environment, open the
Chooser window and select a printer. You need to create your own printer driver or
network compatible application to work with Intermec printers.
You can change the default name of your Ethernet adapter or amend any of the default
parameters. However, to access the configuration file from a Macintosh, you need FTP
support such as MacTCP, Fetch, or Anarchie.
Communications Support and Protocols
The Ethernet adapter allows your printer driver to communicate directly with the
printer and consequently facilitates complete functional control over print jobs, such as
automatic downloading of fonts not resident in the printer.
This functionality has backward compatibility with older Macintosh computers, which
means that the Ethernet adapter can generate appropriate responses to Macintosh
printer queries, when the connected printer does not support bi-directional
communication.
Binary communication protocol (BCP) and tagged binary communicationprotocol
(TBCP) are communication protocols used by the serial and parallel ports of a printer.
They allow 8-bit binary data in files concurrent with the use of some control characters
for communication and print job control. TBCP is required for printing with a binary
data stream on some printers, such as HP printers.
Setting Parameters
From within the Macintosh environment, you can set a small number of the parameters
of the Ethernet adapter. You can select ASCII or either of the binary data protocols for
your printing and you can set the IP address, which enables you to configure and
manage your Ethernet adapter from any standard Web browser.
To set parameters
1. Open the Chooser.
2. Select a network printer driver.
3. Select the printer port that ends with “_CFG.”
4. Close the Chooser.
5. Open a text editor such as SimpleText.