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EQUIREMENTS
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Network requirements
Before you install the EX/i Print Server on the network, it is strongly recommended that you
read
“Stages of installation on the network”
on page 9. Step
of installing the EX/i Print
Server on the network is to configure your network environment. You must configure
network servers to provide users with access to the EX/i Print Server as a network printer.
Network protocols
When the EX/i Print Server is connected to a network, it behaves as a networked printer. The
EX/i Print Server supports the following network protocols:
• TCP/IP, which also includes the DHCP, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, IPP, IPv4, IPv6, LDAP, LPD,
LPR, NBT, POP3, Port 9100, SMB, SMTP, SNMP, SNTP, and SSL/TLS protocols
• AppleTalk (for font downloads only), Bonjour
These protocols can run concurrently on the same cable. Computers that use other protocols
can print through a server that uses one of the supported protocols. The EX/i Print Server
automatically switches to the correct protocol, and handles all connections simultaneously.
Windows networks
The EX/i Print Server requires a valid IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address.
Type these addresses manually or use the DHCP protocol to assign them dynamically. Make
sure the EX/i Print Server name and address are listed in a domain name server (DNS) or
hosts name database used by your system.
If more than one EX/i Print Server print connection is published (for example, if both the
Print queue and Hold queue are published), consider creating a printer for each print
connection, so that users can print to each connection directly.
Configure the EX/i Print Server with the correct Windows domain name.
This is especially important for Windows printing, also known as Server Message Block
(SMB) printing. To use Microsoft Active Directory, you must assign the EX/i Print Server to a
domain. If you assign the EX/i Print Server to a workgroup, you cannot use Microsoft Active
Directory.
AppleTalk networks (only for font download support)
AppleTalk networks support only font downloads if you enable AppleTalk in Configure. To
allow Mac OS X computers to access Bonjour printers, you must enable Bonjour in Setup.
