Digi MIL-3000FTX manual Bi-directional Printing from Macintosh Systems

Only download this file if the postscript binary FastPort printer has been enabled and is unsuccessful at printing.

6.7 Bi-directional Printing from Macintosh Systems

Firmware 6.1 supports bi-directional printing to any printer that supports the IEEE 1284 bi-tronics nibble mode specifications. AppleTalk printing protocols are currently the only mainstream printing protocol that query the printer for parameters, fonts, etc. That is why bi-directional printing is discussed only in the AppleTalk chapter.

FastPort has bi-directional support disabled for each parallel printer (default), but can be enabled by using a management tool. Using a utility establishes a connection to FastPort.

1.Press [N] for networks

2.Press [A] for Apple. There will be an “enable bi-directional port” message for each of the parallel ports.

To enable this support using the “Apple Printer” utility:

1.Copy the “Apple Printer” utility and setup defaults files from the CD- ROM.

2.Edit the setup defaults file by double-clicking on the file.

3.Within this file, there is a section for each parallel port and separate parameters for each parallel port (name, time-outs, bi-tronics enable). In the section for the particular parallel port to be enabled, modify the line that says:

Enable BiDirectional Interface = (No)

change this line to the following …

Enable BiDirectional Interface = (Yes)

4. Save the file and close the editor.

If FastPort is not installed on the network, do so now.

1.Choose one of the FastPort parallel ports as it shows up in the Chooser.

2.Double-click on the Apple Printer Utility.

3.When it opens, choose Utility and then Download PostScript file.

MIL-3000FTX Series of FastPort Print Servers 6-8