Tally XPRESS T9412i, Network User'S Manual

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2 Chapter 1, Introduction
S
OFTWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
There are three types of software that must be considered in
network printing. First, the network operating system
software that must be configured to recognize the printer.
Second, the print clients’ operating system software. And
third, the printer driver software that must be loaded on each
client computer.
Network Operating Systems
Networks use an operating system for managing the
network. Depending on the method used to connect your
printer to the network, a network operating system (NOS)
may have to be configured to recognize the printer and make
it available to print clients.
The Xpress T9412i/T9412n supports networks using 10Base-
TX or 100Base-TX physical connections and one of the
following Network Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows
• Novell NetWare
• Apple EtherTalk and LocalTalk
• UNIX
Print Client Operating Systems
A print client can be defined as a computer that submits print
jobs through its physical LAN connection and installed
operating system. Listed below are the print client types
supported by the Xpress T9412i/T9412n printers:
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• Windows Me
• Windows 98
• Windows 95
• Mac OS 7.1.2 or higher
• UNIX
Printer Drivers
Printer drivers enable the print client to communicate to the
printer from a user’s application. The Xpress T9412i/T9412n
printers provide the following printer drivers:
• PCL6 Printer Driver
• T9412 Series Printer Driver
• PostScript Printer Driver
• Tally Xpress T9412 PPD (for Macintosh users)
• UNIX LPR
Any one of these drivers can be used to enable an application
to communicate with the printer.
Macintosh computers running Mac OS 7.1.2 or higher, can
use the LaserWriter 8 printer driver. Supplied with your
printer is a Tally Xpress T9412 PPD that helps the LaserWriter
8 driver communicate with the printer.
UNIX computers using LPR that can send plain text or
PostScript data to the printer.
Install the drivers from the Xpress T9412 Series Solutions CD
or find them on the Internet under
www.tally.com
.