ETHERNET PRINT SERVER

Macintosh computers that do not support EtherTalk will need either an Ethernet card or an EtherTalk-to-LocalTalk™ router to use the EPS. If you use a router, it will provide an EtherTalk zone on the LocalTalk network, and the EPS devices will appear under that zone. If an Ethernet board is installed in the Macintosh, change from “Built-In” to “EtherTalk” on the Networking Control Panel, and then the EPS queue(s) should be visible.

Since EPS printers aren’t directly connected to the network, any programs or utilities that attempt to modify the printer’s AppleTalk settings will fail. The EPS controls all AppleTalk parameters, such as zone name and job timeouts, so modifying these settings on the printer itself will have no effect. You need to reflect changes to the printer’s serial port on the EPS port setting. Many printers are set to use 7-bit serial characters by default; change this to 8 if possible.

Printing to a LaserWriter via AppleTalk generally requires bi-directional PostScript data flow. The EPS parallel port does not have AppleTalk enabled because the parallel port is an output-only port. Also, if the PostScript® printer attached to the EPS cannot provide responses to the printing host, AppleTalk printing will likely fail. AppleTalk print hosts typically require responses to PostScript queries sent to the printer.

If you are using a third-party software that provides AppleTalk for UNIX (or VMS™, etc.), the EPS should be visible like any other AppleTalk device. Print queues should be able to access the EPS as any other AppleTalk printer. Because of the variety of software packages and their configurations, setup details cannot be shown here—see your local documentation for details. Recall that native Unix and TCP/IP printing methods (lp, lpr, etc.) are generally easier to setup and administer than non-native AppleTalk printing; you should use them when possible.

4.5 LAT Host Configuration

Configuring a LAT print queue on your VMS host machine is a two-step process. You have to create a LAT application port (device) that references the EPS print resource, and then create a print queue that uses that LAT application port. ULTRIX™ hosts can also use the LATCP utility, but queue setup is slightly different.

The LATCP program is used to create the application port and set it to the appropriate EPS node and service. The following sequence of commands shows the steps necessary to create an application port. You must be a privileged user to run LATCP on your host.

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LE3700A-R2 specifications

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