22-19 Fiery on a network with UNIX workstations

Setting up the Fiery on TCP/IP networks

Every machine (host) on a TCP/IP network, including the Fiery, must have a unique 32-bit internet address (IP address). Contact your network administrator to obtain an address for the Fiery. Workstations on a TCP/IP network can print directly to the Fiery as a remote printer, or can print to a Windows NT 4.0/2000/Server 2003 server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server. Since the Fiery spools jobs and acts as a print server, there is no advantage in placing another print server between a workstation and the Fiery. If you choose to do so, however, there is no difference in setup except that a client machine does not have its own spooling area.

TO SET UP FIERY PRINTING ON UNIX SYSTEMS

1.Specify the appropriate settings in Fiery Network Setup.

Enter a valid IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address for the Fiery.

2.Specify the appropriate settings in Fiery Printer Setup.

Publish the Print queue, Hold queue, and/or Direct queue.

TO SET UP TCP/IP FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE FIERY

1.A superuser (with root login) must add the Fiery to the network’s IP host table or other system database of network printers.

2.In the file or utility used by your network, specify the remote printer name, the print server protocol, the queue, and the spool file for the Fiery name you assigned.

3.Make the Fiery available as a printer to other network users.

4.To verify the TCP/IP connection, ping the IP address or the host name. From any Windows computer on the network, at the MS-DOS command prompt, type:

ping <IP address>

Type the Fiery IP address assigned in Fiery Network Setup.

After the Fiery is set up as a network printer, you can also ping the name you gave to the Fiery:

ping <hostname>