Samsung Network Printer manual Getting started, Introduction, Supported network environments

1 Getting started

Introduction

The Samsung Network Printer Card allows you to connect your printer directly to a network physically or wirelessly to share the printer among multiple users. Once the card has been installed, the printer is ready to function as a network print server supporting various network environments, such as Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003, Novell NetWare, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh 8.6 or higher.

This guide explains how to install the Samsung Network Printer Card and set up your printer as a print sever over the network.

This guide assumes that you have:

•A good working knowledge of your network utilities

•A supported network operating system

•A fully operational computer system

•Access to the supervisor account as a network administrator, or access to an account that has supervisor and print server operator privileges

Supported network environments

Administrators and users can configure, and use printers on the following supported network operating systems:

Operating	Network	Printing	Action
system	environment	protocol
Windows	98, NT, ME,	TCP/IP, LPD	See Chapter 3,
	2000, XP, 2003	(LPR), IPP,	“TCP/IP
		IPX/SPX,	environment.”
		Bonjour
Linux	Red Hat 8.0 ~	TCP/IP, LPD	See Chapter 3,
	9.0, Fedora Core	(LPR)	“TCP/IP
	1 ~ 3, Mandrake		environment.”
	9.0 ~ 10.2,
	SuSE 8.2 ~ 9.2

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Operating	Network	Printing	Action
system	environment	protocol
Unix	AT&T system V	TCP/IP, LPD	See Chapter 3,
	(Rel 4.2),	(LPR)	“TCP/IP
	BSD4.3, HP-UX		environment.”
	(Rel 9.x & Rel
	10.x), SCO 5.x,
	SUNOS 5.5,
	Sparc or Solaris
	2.5.
Novell	NetWare	IPX/SPX	See Chapter 4,
NetWare	versions 3.x,		“NetWare
	4.x, 5.x, 6.x		environment.”
Macintosh	Macintosh 8.6 ~	TCP/IP,	See Chapter 5,
	9.2, 10.1 ~	EtherTalk,	“EtherTalk
	10.3, or higher	Bonjour	environment.”

NOTE: Your printer may not support all of the listed computing environments (operating systems). Therefore, check the network environment your printer supports in the user's guide that came with the printer.

Samsung Network Printer Card

Your printer may or may not have built-in network capabilities, depending on the model. If not, a networking package must be purchased and installed to enable network printing. The printer card shape and content may vary, depending on the package purchased.

Package contents

When unpacking your network printer card, you should find the following items. Depending on your particular card type (wired or wired/wireless), some items may be different.

•Wired Network Printer Card

•Wired / Wireless Network Printer Card