Appendix B. Software and Hardware Requirements

Important

Table 43 on page 68 summarizes the support that various versions of provide the 3130. Note that the information it contains is subject and therefore should be used for general planning only. For more de information about host software requirements,AdvancedreferFunctionto Presentation: Printer Information, G544-3290.

Attachments

The 3130 supports up to three simultaneously active attachment interfa switching under microcode control. Only one IPDS host can be attached The following are standard with every 3130:

Ÿ PC Parallel Interface

ŸEthernet Interface (10BaseT, 10Base2, or 10Base5)

One optional interface slot is available for one of the following:

ŸTwinaxial Interface

ŸToken-Ring Interface

ŸSDLC Interface

The data streams for each attachment are:

Attachment

(Protocol)

Data

stream

Twinaxial

 

(Arctic)

IPDS

SDLC

(SNA

LU6.2

V.24)

IPDS

SDLC

(SNA

LU6.2

V.35)

IPDS

Token

Ring

(SNA

LU6.2)

IPDS

Token

Ring

(TCP/IP)

IPDS/PCL-5e/PostScript L2

Token

Ring

(Novell SPX/IPX)

PCL-5e/PostScript L2

Ethernet

(TCP/IP)

IPDS/PCL-5e/PostScript L2

Ethernet

(Novell SPX/IPX)

PCL-5e/PostScript

L2

PC Parallel

(Converged)

PCL-5e/PostScript

L2

Network Print Server*

PCL-5e/PostScript

L2

* For Novell SPX/IPX, NetBios, and TCP/IP

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