Ricoh AP3200 setup guide Connecting the Printer, Requirements, General, Network cable

Connecting the Printer

Connecting the Printer

Requirements

General

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Before using this printer, confirm that all the environmental and electrical re- quirements have been met. Connect the printer to the host computer using the parallel port, 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX port, or both.

Confirm that all the cables, connectors, and electrical outlets necessary to attach the printer to the host computer or network are present.

Important

❒The interface cable is not included in the box. It is your responsibility to pro- vide an interface cable appropriate for the computer you are using.

❒This printer comes with network-ready Ethernet capability as standard.

Reference

For more information about using a network, see P.58 “Connecting the Printer to the Network”.

For more information about using the parallel port, see P.61 “Connecting the Printer to the Host Using a Parallel Cable”.

Network cable

The Network Interface Board supports 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX connections.

You can use the printer in the following network environments:

•Use the appropriate network management software and printer driver.

•Attach the printer to a networked computer set up as a server.

Client		Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000 *1 , Windows NT 4.0 *1 , Macin-
		tosh, UNIX
Driver		PCL 6/5e , PostScript 3
File Server		NetWare 3.x, NetWare 4.x, NetWare 5 *2
Protocol		TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI *3 , AppleTalk
*1	Only x86 based computers are supported.
*2	NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) mode is not supported.
*3	Under Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 only.
	Only for Peer-to-Peer printing.

In a mixed network environment, the protocol switches automatically.

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